It is also called red lead.
Red lead paint color.
It is finely divided but may be either crystalline or amorphous depending upon how it is made.
Lead pigments have been made artificially since antiquity although health concerns of lead poisoning has greatly diminished its role in paint today.
Not commonly occurring in nature lead tetraoxide can be prepared by a number of simple reactions one example being the oxidation of the commonly occurring pb oxide litharge.
Red oxide or minium is the tetraoxide of lead formula pb o.
For use on wood fiberglass or steel.
6 pbo o.
Minium which is red lead or lead tetroxide is an oxidation product of lead.
Other harmful colors include fluorescent radium green arsenic green and uranium orange.
Chemically red lead is fairly active.
As pigment lead ii chromate pb cr o 4 chrome yellow lead ii iv oxide pb 3 o 4 red lead and lead ii carbonate pb c o 3 white lead are the most common forms.
Lead paint was banned by most countries but some homes built before the ban still have dangerous lead paint.
Minium red lead is a deep orange red color.
Red lead is now made by heating litharge or white lead for some hours at a temperature of about 480 c.
Red lead primer is an authentic red lead primer.
Lead is added to paint to accelerate drying increase durability maintain a fresh appearance and resist moisture that causes corrosion.
Comes in white rust red or custom tint.