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litharge

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litharge [′li‚thärj]
(inorganic chemistry)

litharge
A yellow lead monoxide (a powder of lead oxide); used as a pigment, as a drier, and as a catalyst in paints. Also see massicot.


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F), and then more drier is added, a little at a time, to the extent of one pound of litharge (PbO) to each two gallons of tung-oil.
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Lewis Short, of Litharge Farm, Hexham, and chairman of Whitley Chapel Young Farmers, is one of the latter.
 
 
 
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