Oil white

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Description

A name typically used for lithopone. Oil white has also been used for a mixture of white pigments containing gypsum, magnesium oxide, calcium carbonate, and silica (Lewis, 1993).

Authority

  • Richard S. Lewis, Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 10th ed., 1993

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