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Definition of Minium

1. Noun. A reddish oxide of lead (Pb3O4) used as a pigment in paints and in glass and ceramics.

Definition of Minium

1. n. A heavy, brilliant red pigment, consisting of an oxide of lead, Pb₃O₄, obtained by exposing lead or massicot to a gentle and continued heat in the air. It is used as a cement, as a paint, and in the manufacture of flint glass. Called also red lead.

Definition of Minium

1. Noun. red lead ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Minium

1. a red pigment [n -S]

Medical Definition of Minium

1. A heavy, brilliant red pigment, consisting of an oxide of lead, Pb3O4, obtained by exposing lead or massicot to a gentle and continued heat in the air. It is used as a cement, as a paint, and in the manufacture of flint glass. Synonym: red lead. Origin: L. Minium, an Iberian word, the Romans getting all their cinnabar from Spain; cf. Basque arminea. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Minium

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

1. Elements of Chemistry: For the Use of Colleges, Academies, and Schools by Victor Regnault (1853)
"The composition of this substance varies according to the prolongation of the roasting ; and by continuing it until the minium no longer increases in weight ..."

2. Treatise on Applied Analytical Chemistry: Methods and Standards for the by Vittorio Villavecchia (1918)
"This is carried out as with English red and iron minium as far as the detection of ... minium This is an oxide of lead with a composition corresponding ..."

3. Standard Methods of Chemical Analysis: A Manual of Analytical Methods and by Wilfred Welday Scott (1922)
"Determination of Lead Peroxide in minium (Red Lead) Lead peroxide is reduced by oxalic acid according to ... About 0.2 g. minium is heated with 25 cc. of 2N ..."

4. A Handbook of Chemical Technology by Johannes Rudolf Wagner (1872)
"The finest coloured minium, or Paris-red, is obtained from carbonate of lead by the same method. According to Mr. Burton's plan, sulphate of lead is heated ..."

5. A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Colors for Painting: Comprising by Jean René Denis Riffault des Hêtres, Armand Denis Vergnaud, G. Alvar Toussaint (1874)
"The iron minium is, according to Mr. Wagner, more economical than that of lead ... Red lead or minium. Red lead or minium is a very bright orange-red powder ..."

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