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lead oxide

American  
[led] / lɛd /

noun

  1. litharge.

  2. any oxide of lead, as red lead.


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Plumbonacrite is a byproduct of lead oxide, allowing the researchers to say with more certainty that Leonardo likely used the powder in his paint recipe.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 11, 2023

The lead oxide plates are connected to the positive or cathode terminal of the cell.

From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015

Accounting for its other constituents, like silicon dioxide, and doing some simple math, she concluded that frit was about 62 percent lead oxide.

From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2015

Strip out the lead oxide altogether, and you were left with the brilliant yellow of pure lead chromate.

From BBC ● May 22, 2015

When present in sufficient quantity the five last-named give enamel-white beads; lead oxide in excess gives a yellowish bead.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various

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