Lead-chromate
[led] /lɛd/
noun, Chemistry.
1.
a yellow crystalline compound, PbCrO 4 , toxic, insoluble in water: used as an industrial paint pigment.
/lɛd/
noun
1.
(chem) a yellow solid used as a pigment, as in chrome yellow. Formula: PbCrO4
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