zinc white meaning

• Noun: zinc white  zingk wIt
  1. A white pigment used in house paints; consists of zinc oxide
     - Chinese white

  Derived forms: zinc whites

  Type of: pigment

  Encyclopedia: Zinc white

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  See zinc oxide.

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  [Medicine]
  n : ZINC OXIDE
  

• Pigments . zinc oxide zinc white
• It was replaced in the 19th century by zinc white and titanium white.
• Zinc white, zinc oxide, is of a purer white color than white lead.
• The main usage of zinc oxide ( zinc white ) was in paints and as an additive to ointments.
• In 1870, a zinc white factory brought industrial activity to the municipality, along with jobs and air pollution.
• Zinc white was accepted as a pigment in oil paintings by 1834 but it did not mix well with oil.
• It was widely used by artists until the 19th century, when it was replaced by zinc white and titanium white.
• Titanium and zinc whites are far less toxic than lead white and have largely supplanted it in most fine arts applications.
• It was started in 1934 at Bryn, Oslo to produce the painting color zinc white, constituted by zinc oxide.
• For example, during the late 1890s and early 1900s, some artists used zinc white as a ground for their oil paintings.

• "zinc white" meaning in Chinese: 锌白，氧化锌。
• "zinc white" meaning in Japanese: zinc white亜鉛華あえんか
• "zinc white" meaning in Russian: 1) окись цинка, цинковые белила