Lead has many uses just a few are as weights, fishing weights, and bullets. It was formerly used in gasoline and paint. It is also used to deflect radiation and to make aprons used when x-rays are taken.
If a polyurethane varnish (not lacquer) contained linseed oil, it COULD have lead in it - lead is a drying agent for that oil. It was mostly used in paints as a pigment. Varnish has no pigment and it dries by chemical reaction, so most polyurethane varnishes don't need lead.
Lead is actually used as a sound absorber
Lead is used as a coloring element in ceramic glazes, notably in the colors red and yellow. It USED TO be used in pencils but now they are made with graphite.
Shotgun pellets are typically made of lead or steel. Lead has been traditionally used for shotgun pellets, but steel pellets are commonly used in areas where lead ammunition is prohibited or for environmental reasons.
Pencil "lead" never contained lead but was always graphite.Another opinionThe "lead" in modern pencils is made from the element Carbon (C) - in its soft form of graphite - plus a filler (like clay). These ingredients are all ground up very fine and then stuck together with glue. It contains none of the actual chemical element Lead (Pb).Further historical informationThe name "lead" is used because, before modern pencils were invented, it was known that a pure piece of the element Lead (Pb) can be used to make marks on wood or paper because it is very soft. It is not used today because real Lead and its various compounds are poisonous and are also very expensive compared to Carbon. (Soot is basically Carbon.)
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It was used in olden day bombs but not today!
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They used lead - The Latin name for lead is 'plumbum' hence the name plumber.
Yes and it still widely used even today
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welp back then pencils used to be big and you could be able to see the lead in it but today pencils are small and closed up and you cant see the lead unless you cut it in half :)
Much of it used lead in the coloring, and it will leach into certain foods or liquids. When in doubt, just admire it as art. Lead is still used today in some foreign countries , so be careful. Lead poisoning can cause mental retardation in children , and a host of other problems in immuno-compromised and elderly people .
The 6 cell, 12 volt lead acid battery.
Lead guitarist Ace Frehley created the double lightening bolt logo still used today
it effects us on how we vote and how we lead our country today!