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Lead acetate   /lɛd ˈæsətˌeɪt/   Listen
Lead acetate

noun
1.
A poisonous white solid (Pb[CH3CO]2) used in dyeing cotton and in making enamels and varnishes.  Synonym: sugar of lead.





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... raw cotton. It can be obtained in the form of an amorphous substance of a light yellow colour, not unlike gum in appearance. It is soluble in boiling water, and the solution has a faint acid reaction. Acids and many metallic salts, such as mercury, chloride and lead acetate, precipitate pectic acid from its solutions. Alkalies combine with it, and these compounds form brown substances, are but sparingly soluble in water, and many of them can be precipitated out by addition of neutral salts, like sodium and ...
— The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics - A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student • Franklin Beech
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... Sugar of Lead (lead acetate) White, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous solid, Pb(C2H3O2)2.3H2O; formerly used in medicine as ...
— The Veterinarian • Chas. J. Korinek
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Words linked to "Lead acetate" :   acetate, dyestuff, dye, ethanoate


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