The compound known as white lead is…

201 BCE to 190 BCE

The compound known as white lead is apparently prepared as a decorative pigment at least as early as 200 BCE.

Around this time, Roman metallurgists produce brasses by fusing carbonates or oxides of zinc with copper.

Molybdenum, as this metal is now called, is known to ancient cultures, but its mineral forms are confused with graphite and the lead ore galena for at least two thousand years.

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