lead acetate

Lead and its compounds, such as lead acetate are highly toxic.

Canada and Europe previously banned the product because of its use of lead acetate.

A variety of "catalyst poisons" have been used including lead acetate and lead oxide.

Lead acetate is soluble in water and glycerin.

A piece of paper that had been soaked in lead acetate was placed over the steam that came from the flask.

However, the FDA says these products - which carry a warning about lead acetate - can be used safely.

Both "white lead" and lead acetate have been used in cosmetics throughout history, though this practice has ceased in Western countries.

Shut off the heat source and then add 80 mL of 10% lead acetate solution to the hot brew.

An alternative method involves dissolving lead acetate in a sodium azide solution.

The solid may then be removed by mechanical filtration and is safer to dispose of than aqueous lead acetate.

Cato recommended the addition of "sugar of lead" (lead acetate) to sweeten wine.

The use of lead acetate as a sweetener eventually produced lead poisoning in any individual ingesting it habitually.

The presence of hydrogen sulfide or sulfide ions is still routinely tested using "lead acetate paper."

Lead acetate can be made by boiling elemental lead in acetic acid and hydrogen peroxide.

Lead acetate (historic)

Lead acetate was abandoned as a food additive throughout most of the world after the high toxicity of lead compounds became apparent.

The salt lead acetate (the active ingredient in gradual darkening products such as Grecian formula) is toxic if ingested.

Lead acetate is no longer used in the production of sweeteners in most of the world because of its recognized toxicity.

Some of these gradual rinses contain lead acetate, which is classified as a "probable human carcinogen," based on lab tests on animals.

The predominant chemical used was potassium nitrate, although sodium nitrate, and lead acetate also appear to have been used.

Raw linseed oil oxidizes very slowly; Walton accelerated the process by heating it with lead acetate and zinc sulfate.

Fruits contain acetic acid, which reacts with metallic lead to form lead acetate, a compound once known as "sugar of lead."

After the war, Larrey began stiffening bandages using camphorated alcohol, lead acetate and egg whites beaten in water.

Hazardous Substances Data Bank: "Lead Acetate."

The alcoholic solution is treated with lead acetate, the filtrate freed from lead by hydrogen sulfide, and crystallised by concentration.