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massicot

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Source Word

massicot

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈmæsɪkəʊ/

Noun

countable uncountable

(chemistry) lead monoxide, PbO, obtained as a yellow amorphous powder, the fused and crystalline form of which is called litharge; lead ocher. It is used as a pigment; also, lead oxide yellow, as opposed to red lead, which is lead tetroxide Pb₃O₄.

Japanese Meaning

鉛モノオキサイド（PbO）のこと。黄色いアモルファス粉末として得られ、融融固化して結晶化するとリサリッジ（litharge）と呼ばれる。顔料として使用される鉛酸化合物で、赤色鉛酸化合物（Pb₃O₄）とは対照的な、黄色の鉛酸化合物。

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The conservator identified the yellow pigment as massicot during analysis of the 18th-century canvas.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

修復士は18世紀の油彩の分析中に、その黄色い顔料が酸化鉛(II)（PbO）であると同定した。

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(chemistry) lead monoxide, PbO, obtained as a yellow amorphous powder, the fused and crystalline form of which is called litharge; lead ocher. It is used as a pigment; also, lead oxide yellow, as opposed to red lead, which is lead tetroxide Pb₃O₄.

Besides orpiment, already referred to, one occasionally gets mention of massicot, a yellow lead paint.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

massicots

（ plural ）

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