red lead

L0083900 (lĕd)n. A poisonous bright red powder, Pb₃O₄, used in paints, glass, pottery, and packing for pipe joints.

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(lɛd) n (Elements & Compounds) a bright-red poisonous insoluble oxide of lead usually obtained as a powder by heating litharge in air. It is used as a pigment in paints. Formula: Pb3O4. Also called: minium

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n. an orange to red, heavy, water-insoluble, poisonous powder, Pb₃O₄, used chiefly as a paint pigment, in the manufacture of glass and glazes, and in storage batteries. [1400–50]

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red lead - a reddish oxide of lead (Pb3O4) used as a pigment in paints and in glass and ceramicsminiumoxide - any compound of oxygen with another element or a radical

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bright red to orange-red powder, also called minium, that is used in the manufacture of storage batteries, lead glass, and red pigments; a paint made with red lead is commonly used to protect iron and steel from rusting. Chemically, red lead is lead tetroxide, Pb₃O₄, a water-insoluble compound that is prepared by the oxidation of metallic lead or of litharge (lead monoxide); the commercial product sometimes contains litharge as an impurity.

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Commonly used as a rust-inhibiting primer on steel, but has been largely superseded by other primers due to the toxicity of lead.

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[′red ′led] (inorganic chemistry) lead tetroxide

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A lead compound, lead tetroxide; bright red to orange-red in color; used in corrosion-resistant paints as a rust inhibitor on iron and steel.

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a bright-red poisonous insoluble oxide of lead usually obtained as a powder by heating litharge in air. It is used as a pigment in paints. Formula: Pb₃O₄

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noun a reddish oxide of lead (Pb3O4) used as a pigment in paints and in glass and ceramics

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