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Red lead is a bright red to orange-red powder, used lead glass and red pigments; a paint made with red lead is commonly used to protect iron and steel from rusting.
chemically, red lead is lead tetra oxide, pb3o4, a water-insoluble compound that is prepared by the oxidation of metallic lead or of litharge (lead monoxide); the commercial product sometimes contains litharge as an impurity.
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