Litharge

Alternate Names: Lead Oxide, Lead(II) oxide, Yellow lead oxide

Oxide	Analysis	Formula
PbO	100.00%	1.00
Oxide Weight		223.20
Formula Weight		223.20

Notes

A natural mineral form of pure lead oxide. This is not the same as white lead (this is yellow or orange), although people have commonly used the term litharge to refer to white lead (or lead carbonate).

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Materials	Lead Carbonate
Materials	Red Lead
Hazards	Lead Toxicology
Typecodes	Generic Material Generic materials are those with no brand name. Normally they are theoretical, the chemistry portrays what a specimen would be if it had no contamination. Generic materials are helpful in educational situations where students need to study material theory (later they graduate to dealing with real world materials). They are also helpful where the chemistry of an actual material is not known. Often the accuracy of calculations is sufficient using generic materials.
Typecodes	Flux Source Materials that source Na2O, K2O, Li2O, CaO, MgO and other fluxes but are not feldspars or frits. Remember that materials can be flux sources but also perform many other roles. For example, talc is a flux in high temperature glazes, but a matting agent in low temperatures ones. It can also be a flux, a filler and an expansion increaser in bodies.
Oxides	PbO - Lead Oxide
Minerals	Cerussite Principal mineral source of lead.
Minerals	Galena The most important mineral source of lead.
URLs	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litharge Litharge at Wikipedia

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