a yellow solid used as a pigment, as in chrome yellow. Formula: PbCrO4
lead chromate in American English
(led)
noun
Chemistry
a yellow crystalline compound, PbCrO4, toxic, insoluble in water: used as an industrial paint pigment
Word origin
[1900–05]
Examples of 'lead chromate' in a sentence
lead chromate
Analysis of the paint bulk materials showed that hexavalent chromium was mostly found in the form of lead chromate.
Boowook Kim, Jin-Ha Yoon, Byung-Soon Choi, Yong Chul Shin 2013, 'Exposure Assessment Suggests Exposure to Lung Cancer Carcinogens in a Painter Workingin an Automobile Bumper Shop', Safety and Health at Workhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2093791113000449. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)