lead carbonate

[led]

lead carbonate

[led]
noun Chemistry.
a white crystalline compound, PbCO3, toxic when inhaled, insoluble in water and alcohol: used as an exterior paint pigment.

Origin:
1870–75
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Lead carbonate is always a great word to know.
So is alum. Does it mean:
a solution containing the maximum amount of solute capable of being dissolved under given conditions
a double sulfate analogous to potassium alum, as aluminum ammonium sulfate, with the formula R2SO4?X2(SO4)3?24H2O, where R is alkali metal or ammonium
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lead carbonate

noun
a poisonous white pigment that contains lead [syn: white lead
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