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Chinese white

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Chinese white: see zinc oxide zinc oxide, chemical compound, ZnO, that is nearly insoluble in water but soluble in acids or alkalies. It occurs as white hexagonal crystals or a white powder commonly known as zinc white.
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Chinese white [chīn′nēz ′wīt]
(chemistry)
A term used in the paint industry for zinc oxide and kaolin used as a white pigment. Also known as zinc white.

Chinese white
A paint using zinc oxide as the principal pigment.


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Whenever one looked at this slope against the setting sun, the circle showed like a pattern in the grass; and this morning, when the first light spray of snow lay over it, it came out with wonderful distinctness, like strokes of Chinese white on canvas.
 
 
 
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