Look up: Litharge

1. litharge
   lead oxide,more particularly lead oxide in orange-yellow or reddish powder or scales Category: Chemistry
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2. Litharge
   Lith'arge (lĭth'ȧrj) noun [ Middle English litarge , French litharge , Latin lithargyrus , Greek liqa`rgyros the scum or foam of silver; li`qos stone + 'a`rgyros silver. Litharge is fo...
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3. litharge
   <chemistry> Lead monoxide; a yellowish red substance, obtained as an amorphous powder, or crystallized in fine scales, by heating lead moderately in a current of air or by calcining lead nitrate or carbonate. It is used in making flint glass, in glazing earthenware, in making red lead minium, ...
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4. Litharge
   • (n.) Lead monoxide; a yellowish red substance, obtained as an amorphous powder, or crystallized in fine scales, by heating lead moderately in a current of air or by calcining lead nitrate or carbonate. It is used in making flint glass, in glazing earthenware, in making red lead minium, etc. C...
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5. litharge
   one of two mineral forms of lead(II) oxide (PbO). It is found with the other form, massicot, as dull or greasy, very heavy, soft, red crusts in the ... [2 related articles]
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6. Litharge
   Litharge is a red lead oxide mineral, dimorphous with massicot, and is often found as a crust enveloping an inner core of massicot in a rock base. Linarite is amphoteric - it dissolves equally well in acids and alkalis, and was formerly used to prepare lead salts and plumbates to make rust-resistant paints.
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7. litharge
   Type: Term Pronunciation: lith′arj Synonyms: lead monoxide
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8. Litharge
   `Litharge` is one of the natural mineral forms of lead(II) oxide, PbO. Litharge is a secondary mineral which forms from the oxidation of galena ores. It forms as coatings and encrustations with internal tetragonal crystal structure. It is dimorphous with the orthorhombic form massicot. It forms soft...
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