英语词汇“sugar of lead”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

sugar of lead

noun [mass noun] Chemistry, dated

Lead acetate, a soluble white crystalline salt.

It shouldn't have been, but white lead was used to make bread whiter and sugar of lead to make wine sweeter....

Litharge and sugar of lead are used to-day only rarely as drying agents, having been displaced by the liquid manganese siccatives, which are easy to handle.
Unlike most other salts, this type of lead acetate has a sweet rather than a salty taste, resulting in its sometimes being called sugar of lead and its use in ancient Rome as a wine sweetener.

Mid 17th century: so named because of its sweet taste.

单词	sugar of lead
释义	sugar of lead noun [mass noun] Chemistry, dated Lead acetate, a soluble white crystalline salt. Chemical formula: Pb(CH₃CO₂)₂. It shouldn't have been, but white lead was used to make bread whiter and sugar of lead to make wine sweeter.... Litharge and sugar of lead are used to-day only rarely as drying agents, having been displaced by the liquid manganese siccatives, which are easy to handle. Unlike most other salts, this type of lead acetate has a sweet rather than a salty taste, resulting in its sometimes being called sugar of lead and its use in ancient Rome as a wine sweetener. Origin Mid 17th century: so named because of its sweet taste.
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