5417. Lead Sesquioxide

Nomenclature

CAS number: 1314-27-8
Lead trioxide; plumbous plumbate.
O3Pb2; mol wt 462.40.
O 10.38%, Pb 89.62%.
Pb2O3.

Properties

Reddish-yellow powder; converted at 370° in air to Pb3O4, dec at ≈530° to PbO. Insol in water; dec by concd HCl or H2SO4 with the liberation of Cl or oxygen, respectively.