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General information about Lead |
| Lead |
| Pb |
| 82 |
| Post-transition metals |
| 14 |
| 6 |
| p |
| bluish gray |
| 207.2(1) g·mol-1 |
1s2 2s2p6 3s2p6d10
4s2p6d10f14 5s2p6d10 6s2p2 |
| 2, 8, 18, 32, 18, 4 |
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Physical properties of Lead |
| solid |
| 11.34 g·cm-3 |
| 600.61(K),
327.46°C, 621.43°F |
| 2022(K),
1749°C, 3180°F |
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| 4.77 kJ·mol-1 |
| 179.5 kJ·mol-1 |
| 26.650 J·mol-1·K-1 |
| 2.33 (Pauling scale) |
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Atomic structure of Lead |
| 1.81 Å |
| 18.17 cm³/mol |
| 1.47 Å |
| 0.171 |
| Cubic face centered |
| 84 (+4e) 120 (+2e) |
| 6p2 |
| 82 |
| 125 |
| 82 |
| 4, 2 |
| 6s2p2 |
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Other languages |
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| Latin: |
Plumbum |
| Czech: |
Olovo |
| Croatian: |
Olovo |
| French: |
Plomb |
| German: |
Blei - s |
| Italian: |
Piombo |
| Norwegian: |
Bly |
| Portuguese: |
Chumbo |
| Spanish: |
Plomo |
| Swedish: |
Bly |
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| Element |
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82 |
2
8
18
32
18
4
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Pb |
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207.2 |
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Brief description |
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Lead is an extremely soft, highly malleable and ductile, poor electrical conductor, resistant to corrosion, blue-white shiny metal that tarnishes to dull gray in air. Lead is the only metal in which there is zero Thomson effect. Lead is a cumulative poison.
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Uses of Lead |
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Used in solder, shielding against radiation, in batteries and ammunition. Still used in gasoline in some areas of the world, but this use is being phased out.
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Hystory of Lead |
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- Discoverer: Mentioned in books of Exodus. 7000 years ago.
- Name Origin: Anglo-Saxon: lead; symbol from Latin: plumbum.
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