लीड मोनोऑक्साइड का खनिज रूप; पीले पाउडर के रूप में इसे एक वर्णक के रूप में उपयोग किया जाता है

massicot's Usage Examples:

Lead acetate, Pb(C2H302)2.3H20 (called "sugar" of lead, on account of its sweetish taste), is manufactured by dissolving massicot in aqueous acetic acid.

Red lead or triplumbic tetroxide, Pb304, is a scarlet crystalline powder of specific gravity 8.6-9.1, obtained by roasting very finely divided pure massicot or lead carbonate; the brightness of the colour depends in a great measure on the roasting.

Massicot is the raw material for the manufacture of "red lead" or "minium."

It is manufactured in two forms, known as "massicot" and "litharge."

massicot's Meaning':

the mineral form of lead monoxide; in the form of yellow powder it is used as a pigment