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PbO

massicot \mas"si*cot\, n. [F. massicot; E. masticot is a corruption.] (Chem.) Lead monoxide (also called Lead protoxide), PbO, obtained as a yellow amorphous powder, the fused and crystalline form of which is called litharge; lead ocher. It is used as a pigment. It is also called lead oxide yellow, as opposed to red lead, which is lead tetroxide Pb3O4.

Note: Massicot is sometimes used by painters, and also as a drier in the composition of ointments and plasters.

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PBO

PBO may refer to:

  • Lead(II) oxide (PbO)
  • Paraburdoo Airport, Paraburdoo, Australia (IATA airport code: PBO)
  • Parliamentary Budget Officer
  • Peterborough railway station (National Rail code: PBO)
  • Pine Bluff Observatory, an astronomical observatory in Wisconsin, USA
  • Pinoy Box Office, a Filipino cable channel
  • Piperonyl butoxide, a pesticide synergist
  • Plate Boundary Observatory, a geodetic observatory in the western United States
  • Portland Bird Observatory, a wildlife observatory on the Isle of Portland, in Dorset, UK
  • President Barack Obama, current president of the United States
  • Push Button Objects, a producer of experimental hip-hop
  • Projected benefit obligation, a specially defined pension obligation under US-GAAP
  • Public Benefit Organization, a type of charity or non-profit organization
  • Zylon, or Polybenzobisoxazole, a polymer
  • Packed Bohemia Object, a data file used in the war games developed by Bohemia Interactive Studio
  • Paperback original, a book originally published as paperback
  • Pin Bones Out, a type of fish fillet