Lead Oxychloride

Pattinson's white (PbClHO) does not possess any advantage, as a white pigment for artists' use, over the ordinary flake-white. Similar verdicts may be pronounced as to the eligibility of several other white compounds of lead, such as the antimonite, the anti-moniate, and the tungstate of this metal.

The blanc d'argent of the French is supposed to be pure lead carbonate free from any hydrate, but the great majority of the specimens which I have examined are nothing but flake-white of good quality. For general use as a white pigment, both alone and in admixture, the best flake-white, with all its defects, presents distinct advantages over pure lead carbonate free from lead hydrate.