lead acetate

[ led ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Chemistry.

a white, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous solid, Pb(C 2 H 3 O 2 ) 2 ⋅3H 2 O, used chiefly as a mordant in dyeing and printing textiles and as a drier in paints and varnishes.

lead acetate

/ lɛd /

a white crystalline toxic solid used in dyeing cotton and in making varnishes and enamels. Formula: Pb(CH 3 CO) 2 Systematic namelead(II) acetate Also calledsugar of lead

lead acetate

A poisonous, white crystalline compound used in hair dyes, waterproofing compounds, and varnishes. Chemical formula: C 4 H 6 O 4 Pb.

First recorded in 1895–1900

A portion of the yellow filtrate gave a reddish yellow precipitate with lead acetate.

A precipitate obtained by adding lead acetate to a filtered solution of the original substance in 50 per cent.

To the filtrate was added an excess of a solution of lead acetate in 50 per cent.

The poison, if precipitated at all by lead acetate, must have gone down in one of the preceding fractions.

An alcoholic solution of this substance gave a dark color with ferric chloride and a light colored precipitate with lead acetate.

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