In changing white lead to massicot it is evident that the yellow is darker than white.
These are piled up upon the reverberatory hearth, and exposed during the night, for economy of fuel, to the residuary heat of the furnace, whereby the massicot absorbs more oxygen, and becomes partially red lead.
Note: Massicot is sometimes used by painters, and also as a drier in the composition of ointments and plasters.
Defn: A heavy, brilliant red pigment, consisting of an oxide of lead, Pb3O4, obtained by exposing lead or massicot to a gentle and continued heat in the air.
In a greater degree of heat it becomes massicot again, having parted with its pure air.
The calx of iron, therefore, having the same effect with massicot, when treated in the same manner, appears to contain no more pure air than massicot does.
Massicot is the raw material for the manufacture of "red lead" or "minium.
Massicot and orpiment, he considers as those which have been the least permanent amongst all the mineral colours.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "massicot" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
