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ZINC WHITE OXIDE [8 records]

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Record 1 2018-04-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Dyes and Pigments (Industries)
  • Paints and Varnishes (Industries)
CONT

There are several commercial varieties of white lead, including leaded zinc oxide, basic carbonate white lead, basic sulfate white lead, and basic lead silicates. Of these, the most important is leaded zinc oxide, which is used almost entirely as white pigment for exterior oil-based paints.

OBS

leaded zinc oxide: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Teintures et pigments (Industries)
  • Peintures et vernis (Industries)
OBS

oxyde de zinc plombifère : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
DEF

A medication containing zinc oxide and mineral oil in a white ointment base.

OBS

It is used topically as an astringent and protective product.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicamentos
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Record 3 1999-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Dyes and Pigments (Industries)
  • Paints and Varnishes (Industries)
DEF

Zinc oxide that is used as a white pigment(as in house paints, antifouling paints, water colors, enamels, and glazes), that is the whitest of all pigments, and that is permanent and not poisonous but lacks the opacity and covering power of white lead or titanium dioxide.

OBS

C.I. [Colour Index] 77947.

OBS

Compare with "zinc oxide", "zincite" and "flowers of zinc".

Key term(s)
  • C.I. 77947

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Teintures et pigments (Industries)
  • Peintures et vernis (Industries)
DEF

Également appelé blanc de zinc. Pigment white 4 - Cl 77 947. Utilisation : peintures en général. [Définition normalisée par l'AFNOR et reproduite avec son autorisation.]

CONT

Pour une impression à l'huile, la céruse reste également supérieure à nos pigments modernes - blanc de zinc [...]

OBS

blanc de neige : le plus pur.

OBS

oxyde de zinc : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR.

Spanish

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Record 4 1998-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Pharmacology
  • Cosmetology
DEF

Zinc oxide especially as obtained as a light white powder by burning zinc for use in pharmaceutical and cosmetic preparations.

OBS

Compare with "zinc oxide" and "zinc white".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Pharmacologie
  • Cosmétologie
DEF

Oxyde de zinc ZnO pris comme pigment.

Spanish

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Record 5 1995-08-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Art Supplies
  • Painting (Arts)
DEF

A substance, such as paint, applied to a surface as a base, sealer, etc.

CONT

Primer is a layer of rabbit or carpenters glue mixed with plaster(Spanish white) and zinc oxide, which prepares the canvas(wood, cardboard, any surface at all) for better adhesion of the paint and future preservation of the painting.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel d'artistes
  • Peinture (Arts)
DEF

Enduit que l'on étend sur une surface à peindre; préparation subie par la toile.

CONT

On nomme [...] apprêt la préparation d'une toile avec un encollage ou un enduit. Ainsi en peinture d'art, l'apprêt est une préparation [...] venant avant la peinture proprement dite.

Key term(s)
  • enduit

Spanish

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Record 6 1981-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fine Arts (General)
  • Paper or Paperboard Goods
DEF

A color imitating the natural appearance of terra cotta clay, composed of a mixture of red oxide, burnt umber, and a white material such as chalk or zinc oxide.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Beaux-arts (Généralités)
  • Objets en papier ou en carton
OBS

La Compagnie E.B. Eddy lance sur le marché des mouchoirs de démaquillage d'une couleur nouvelle. Elle cherche un nom évocateur pour cette couleur plutôt qu'une traduction exacte du terme en anglais.

Spanish

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Record 7 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
OBS

cabma register

Spanish

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Record 8 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Graphic Arts and Printing
  • Dyes and Pigments (Industries)
CONT

Opaque white pigments are chemically manufactured inorganic pigments. This group includes the titanium pigments, white lead, zinc oxide, lithopone, and other materials.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Imprimerie et arts graphiques
  • Teintures et pigments (Industries)
CONT

Les pigments blancs opaques réfléchissent la lumière; ils dissimulent la surface sur laquelle on imprime. Ce sont : le bioxyde de titane, le sulfure de zinc, le lithopone et l'oxyde de zinc.

Spanish

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