Examples of lead chromate in a Sentence
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Chrome Yellow, the pigment made from lead chromate, was a particular favorite of the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists like Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Camille Pissarro.
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Stephanie Demarco, Discover Magazine, 18 May 2021
To hasten this process, which can cause 10 to 15 percent of the root to be wasted, processors add lead chromate, an industrial yellow pigment commonly used to color toys and furniture.
—Laura Reiley, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2019
Turner believes these are the traces of lead chromate, a compound manufacturers added to plastics decades ago to give them a vibrant yellow or red coloration.
—Rob Arnold, National Geographic, 16 Aug. 2019
Stephanie Demarco, Discover Magazine, 18 May 2021
To hasten this process, which can cause 10 to 15 percent of the root to be wasted, processors add lead chromate, an industrial yellow pigment commonly used to color toys and furniture.
—Laura Reiley, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2019
Turner believes these are the traces of lead chromate, a compound manufacturers added to plastics decades ago to give them a vibrant yellow or red coloration.
—Rob Arnold, National Geographic, 16 Aug. 2019
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First Known Use
1866, in the meaning defined above
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Medical Definition
lead chromate
noun
: a chromate of lead
especially
: chrome yellow
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