Litharge Definition

lĭthärj, lĭ-thärj
noun
An oxide of lead, PbO, used in storage batteries, ceramic cements, paints, etc.
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Origin of Litharge

  • Middle English litarge from Old French alteration of litargire from Latin lithargyrus from Greek litharguros lithos stone arguros silver (from the production of litharge as a byproduct of the extraction of silver from argentiferous galena) arg- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Old French litarge, from Latin lithargyrus, from Ancient Greek λιθαργυρος, from λίθος, stone + αργυρός silver

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Litharge Sentence Examples

  • Oils which contain sulphur-compounds are subjected to a special process of refining in which cupric oxide or litharge is employed as a desulphurizing agent.

  • In regard to the ancients' knowledge of lead compounds, we may state that the substance described by Dioscorides as, uoXv,3Saiva was undoubtedly litharge, that Pliny uses the word minium in its present sense of red lead, ana that white lead was well known to Geber in the 8th century.

  • The temperature is then raised, and the scum which forms on the surface is withdrawn until pure litharge forms, which only takes place after all the tin, arsenic and antimony have been eliminated.

  • Formerly all argentiferous lead had to be cupelled, and the resulting litharge then reduced to metallic lead.

  • After it has been melted down and brought to a red heat, the blast, admitted at the back, oxidizes the lead and drives the litharge formed towards the front, where it is run off.

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