lead acetate

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lead acetate, chemical compound, a white crystalline substance with a sweetish taste. Like other lead compounds, it is very poisonous. Lead acetate is soluble in water and glycerin. With water it forms the trihydrate, Pb(CH₃COO)₂·3H₂O, a colorless or white efflorescent monoclinic crystalline substance that is commonly known as sugar of lead, plumbous acetate, or Goulard's powder. Lead acetate is used as a mordant in textile printing and dyeing, as a drier in paints and varnishes, and in preparing other lead compounds. It is made by treating litharge (lead monoxide, PbO) with acetic acid.

lead acetate [′led ′as·ə‚tāt]

(organic chemistry)

Pb(C₂H₃O₂)₂·3H₂O Poisonous, water-soluble white crystals decomposing at 280°C; loses water at 75°C; used in hair dyes, medicines, and textile mordants, for waterproofing, for manufacture of varnishes and pigments, and as an analytical reagent. Also known as sugar of lead.

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