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The element lead, Pb, has the Latin name plumbum.
Lead is a main group element with a symbol Pb (plumbum).
The chemical name is lead. The symbol for the element lead is Pb, for plumbum, which comes from Latin for lead.
Lead Plumbum ,Latin word hence plumbing and plumbers
Plumbum is the latin word for lead, which is where the chemical symbol for lead comes from. (If a chemical has a wacky symbol that doesn't match up with its English name, it probably came from latin). Plumbum is also the root for the English word "plumber," this is because the water/sewer system in ancient Rome used lead pipes.
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The element lead, Pb, has the Latin name plumbum.
Many element's symbols are derrived from their ancient names. These names can be researched individually. For example, Pb is the symbol for lead. It's ancient Latin name was "plumbum".
Lead is a main group element with a symbol Pb (plumbum).
The element lead's symbol "Pb" comes from its name in Latin: Plumbum
The symbol for the chemical element Lead, Pb, atomic number 82, derives from the Latin name for lead, plumbum. Lead's original name was "plumbum nigrum", literally "black lead", where "plumbum candidum", or "bright plumbum", referred to Tin.
Element 82 is lead with the symbol Pb (from the Latin "plumbum.")
The Latin name for lead is 'Plumbum' - which is why it's chemical symbol is Pb
Each Latin name has an element associated with it. Stibium is antimony. Cuprum is copper. Argentum is silver. Natrium is sodium. Ka is not an element and neither is ium. Stannum is tin. Wolfram is tungston and plumbum is lead.
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It comes from the Latin word "Plumbum", which means lead.