Catalog Number
ACMA00014340
Product Name
Lead Monoxide
Description
Litharge appears as odorless gray or yellow green or red-brown solid. Sinks in water. (USCG, 1999);DryPowder; DryPowder, OtherSolid; OtherSolid; WetSolid;RED-TO-YELLOW CRYSTALS.
Molecular Formula
PbO;PbO;OPb
InChI Key
YEXPOXQUZXUXJW-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Boiling Point
1472 °C;1470 °C
Melting Point
887 °C;888 °C
Density
9.5 at 68 °F (USCG, 1999);9.64 g/cu cm;9.5 g/cm³
Solubility
In water: 0.0504 g/L at 25 °C (alpha form); 0.1065 g/L at 25 °C (beta form);Water: 0.017 g/L at 20 °C;Insoluble in water, alcohol; soluble in acetic acid, dilute nitric acid, warm soln of fixed alkali hydroxides;Soluble in ammonium chloride;Solubility in water: none
Color/Form
Exists in 2 forms: red to reddish-yellow, tetragonal crystals at ordinary temperature; yellow, orthorhombic crystals, stable above 489 °C;Yellow orthorhombic crystals
Covalently-Bonded Unit Count
1
MeSH Entry Terms
lead dioxide;lead monoxide;lead oxide
Monoisotopic Mass
223.97157g/mol
Other Experimental
Commercial grades are yellow to reddish, depending on treatment and purity;MP: 897 °C, begins to sublime before melting;Density: 9.53 g/cu cm (alpha); 9.6 g/cu cm (beta);At 300-450 °C in air converted slowly into lead tetraoxide (Pb3O4) but at higher temp reverts to lead oxide (PbO);Reddish, alpha form (litharge)is stable up to 489 °C where it transforms to the yellow, beta form (massicot). The latter is stable at high temperatures.;Amphoteric, dissolving in acids and alkalies. In alkalies, it forms the plumbite ion, PbO2(2-).
Stability
Stable under recommended storage conditions.;Exists in 2 forms: (1) Red to reddish-yellow, tetragonal crystals; stable at ordinary temps. (2) Yellow, orthorhombic crystals; stable >489 °C
Vapor Pressure
1 Pa at 724 °C; 10 Pa at 816 °C; 100 Pa at 928 °C; 1kPa at 1065 °C; 10 kPa at 1241 °C; 100 kPa at 1471 °C