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noun - the mineral form of lead monoxide
The mineral form of lead monoxide, PbO.
A yellow powder, PbO, used as a pigment.
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the mineral form of lead monoxide in the form of yellow powder it is used as a pigment |
The mineral form of lead monoxide, PbO. |
A yellow powder, PbO, used as a pigment. |
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Massicot is lead (II) oxide mineral with an orthorhombic lattice structure. * Lead(II) oxide (formula: PbO) can occur in one of two lattice formats, orthorhombic and tetragonal. The tetragonal form is called litharge. PbO can be changed from massicot to litharge (or vice versa) by controlled heating and cooling. At room temperature massicot forms soft (Mohs hardness of 2) yellow to reddish-yellow, earthy, scaley masses which are very dense, with a specific gravity of 9.64. Massicot can be found as a natural mineral, though it is only found in minor quantities. In bygone centuries it was mined. Nowadays massicot arises during industrial processing of lead and lead oxides, especially in the glass industry, which is the biggest user of PbO. * The definition of massicot as orthorhombic PbO dates from the 1840s, but the substance massicot and the name massicot has been in use since the late medieval era. There is some evidence that the ancient Romans used the substance.It may occur as an oxidat |