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Lead was used to make aqueducts by the Romans over 2,000 years ago, and has lasted all of this time. Its discoverer and discovery place is unknown, but can be dated back at least 7,000 years, because it is mentioned in the book of Exodus. Two compounds containing lead are: Lead Chloride, and Lead Nitrate. Lead Chloride is the pigment in white paint, and Lead Nitrate is used when manufacturing explosives. If consumed, it can cause brain damage, kidney damage, destroy your nervous system, and eventually cause death. Lead can be quickly turned into a liquid over a wood fire. Lead can be turned into metal pipes, used in batteries, and protects you from radiation when you take an X-ray. Because it is very dense, 11.35g/cc @ 300K, it is practical to use it to make bullets. Even still, it is soft enough to be cut with typical a knife.
Lead has an atomic number of 82.
Lead is the heaviest naturally occurring element that is not radioactive.
Lead has a light grey streak.
Lead is not what is in a pencil, that is graphite (carbon) mixed with clay.
Lead is a heavy metal and causes brain disorders even in low concentrations when its compounds are inhaled or ingested. Children exposed to lead have lower IQs than those that are not.
Lead is used in car batteries.
Lead oxide is white and was used as makeup in ancient Roman times and as cooking vessels and as water pipes.
Lead is soft and can be marked with your finger nail.
Lead is heavy, 60% as heavy as the same size piece of gold and 11 times heavier than the same size volume of water.
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