No one invented lead, as it is a naturally occurring element. Lead was one of the first metals to be refined by man, the earliest archaeological finds of lead go back to Egypt at about 3500 B.C. The oldest lead piece is in the British Museum and dates from 3800 AD.
Pb , derived from Plumbum.
The chemical name is lead. The symbol for the element lead is Pb, for plumbum, which comes from Latin for lead.
Symbol: Pb make sure you so capital P and lower case b
Pb comes from the Latin word plumbum, and it's the chemical symbol for lead.
The chemical symbol Pb stands for "lead", Plum bum.
Pb
Pb comes from the Latin word for lead, "plumbum"
Pb, Lead, has 82 protons.
the element symbol for lead would be Pb.
Lead is one of the elements. Therefore, if you have pure lead, its makeup is lead. Lead has 82 protons, 105 neutrons, and 82 electrons in its most common isomer.
Pb = Lead ZN = Zinc
Pb in chemistry stands for Lead, an element whose name in Latin is Plumbum (hence, Pb).