Lead

By: Qua’Sha Rawlings

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oElement Name: Lead

oAtomic Weight: 207.2

oChemical Symbol: Pb

oAtomic Number: 82

Who Discovered Lead?oDiscovered by: known since

ancient timesoYear: Unknown

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Why is Lead so special? o It is a active metal o Dissolves slowly in water and cold acids

o It does not burn

Lead Best friends oNitrogen oFluorine oChlorine

Videos • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3y6j2iEBbM

Common Uses oBulletsoPencilsoLead pipesoBatteries

Special compounds o Lead fluoride (PbF2) oLead iodide (PbI2)oLead phosphate (2PbO º PbHPO3)

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Interesting Facts o Does not occur in nature in large amounts o Found is zinc, silver and copper ores o It is not a good conductor of electricity

Work Cited http://education.jlab.org/qa/discover_ele.html

http://www.chemistryexplained.com/elements/L-P/Lead.html

http://www.hobart.k12.in.us/ksms/PeriodicTable/lead.htm