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Definition of Red lead
1. Noun. A reddish oxide of lead (Pb3O4) used as a pigment in paints and in glass and ceramics.
Definition of Red lead
1. Noun. a bright red, poisonous oxide of lead, Pb3O4, used as a pigment and in glass and ceramics ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Red lead
1. A bright orange-red powder that turns black when heated; used in ointments and plasters. Synonym: red lead, red oxide of lead. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Red Lead
Literary usage of Red lead
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1908)
"After it was thoroughly dry I made an analysis of it by lead sulphate method and
obtained an average result of 99.95 per cent, pure red lead. ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"An electrolytic process of making red lead and litharge from galena is used at
Niagara Falls. When litharge is heated to dull redness with free access of ..."
3. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1851)
"red lead is likewise produced—after previous format ion of hydrated and ...
red lead prepared from massicot by one firing of 24 hours contains 8'26 pc ..."
4. The Design of Steel Mill Buildings and the Calculation of Stresses in Framed by Milo Smith Ketchum (1921)
"red lead is seldom adulterated, about the only substance used for the purpose
... red lead is prepared by changing metallic lead into monoxide litharge, ..."
5. The Design of Steel Mill Buildings and the Calculation of Stresses in Framed by Milo Smith Ketchum (1921)
"red lead is seldom adulterated, about the only substance used for the purpose
... red lead is prepared by changing metallic lead into monoxide litharge, ..."
6. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1871)
"red lead is extensively used as a pigment, and in the manufacture of ... In Germany
the conversion of the massicot into red lead is effected in a peculiar ..."
7. Outlines of Industrial Chemistry: A Text-book for Students by Frank Hall Thorp, Warren Kendall Lewis (1916)
"RED PIGMENTS Red pigments form a numerous and important group, containing some
of the brightest and most permanent colors. red lead is lead tetroxide ..."
8. Outlines of Industrial Chemistry: A Text-book for Students by Frank Hall Thorp, Warren Kendall Lewis (1916)
"RED PIGMENTS Red pigments form a numerous and important group, containing some
of the brightest and most permanent colors. red lead is lead tetroxide ..."
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