Definition of Lead chromate

1. Noun. A poisonous chromate of lead used as a pigment in paint.

Generic synonyms: Chromate

Medical Definition of Lead chromate

1. A fine yellow powder used in paints and dyes. Synonym: lead chromate, Leipzig yellow, lemon yellow, Paris yellow. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lead Chromate

lead-free
lead-in
lead-off
lead-out
lead-outs
lead-pipe cinch
lead-pipe rigidity
lead acetate
lead anaemia
lead arsenate
lead astray
lead bank
lead by the nose
lead carbonate
lead character
lead chromate (current term)
lead colic
lead dog
lead down a garden path
lead encephalitis
lead encephalopathy
lead fiddle
lead gout
lead guitar
lead guitars
lead hopping
lead hydride
lead hydroxide stain
lead line

Literary usage of Lead chromate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"The lead chromate is thus precipitated, together with any desired amount of sulphate, and the colour correspondingly lowered. ..."

2. The Principles of Inorganic Chemistry by Wilhelm Ostwald (1904)
"The yellow lead chromate is difficultly soluble in water, and is used as a ... lead chromate is also formed when a soluble lead salt is treated with a ..."

3. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, John Cannell Cain, Carl Schorlemmer (1913)
"As lead chromate at a red heat oxidises all organic substances, it is frequently employed in organic analysis, especially in the case of bodies which ..."

4. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"lead chromate in soluble in cold ... to chrome yellow containing a mixture of lead chromate and lead sulphate, but the latter compound is usually present in ..."

5. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1889)
"My experiments with lead chromate consisted of making an artificial gastric fluid, and macerating in this fluid at the temperature of 100° F. a certain ..."

6. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science by Indiana Academy of Science (1922)
"The results shown in Table IV indicate either that the solubility of lead chromate in a solution of copper nitrate is very small, or that errors are ..."

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