- lead chromate
- nouna poisonous chromate of lead used as a pigment in paint• Hypernyms: ↑chromate
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\\ˈled-\ noun: a chromate of lead: asa. : the poisonous normal salt PbCrO4 that occurs naturally as the mineral crocoite, that is obtained synthetically as a yellow crystalline powder by precipitation from a solution of a lead compound and sodium chromate or sodium dichromate, and that is used as a pigment either alone or in admixture with other compounds : chrome yellowb. : a poisonous basic salt Pb2OCrO4 or a mixture of chromates containing it that is used as a reddish yellow to orange to red pigment — compare chrome orange, chrome red* * *
/led/, Chem.a yellow crystalline compound, PbCrO4, toxic, insoluble in water: used as an industrial paint pigment.[1900-05]* * *
lead chromate «lehd»,a yellow, crystalline solid formed by the addition of a chromate to a lead salt, used as chrome yellow. Formula: PbCrO4
Useful english dictionary. 2012.