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Minium   /mˈɪniəm/   Listen
Minium

noun
1.
A reddish oxide of lead (Pb3O4) used as a pigment in paints and in glass and ceramics.  Synonym: red lead.





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... electric accumulators are to be looked for in the near future. Hitherto the average duration of the life of a storage cell has not been more than about two years; and where impurities have been present in the sulphuric acid, or in the litharge or "minium" employed, the term of durability has been still further shortened. It must be remembered that while the principal chemical and electrical action in the cell is a circular one,—that is to say, the plates and liquids get back to the original condition from which they started when beginning ...
— Twentieth Century Inventions - A Forecast • George Sutherland
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Words linked to "Minium" :   red lead, miniate, oxide


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