Lead is a chemical element in the carbon group with symbol Pb (from Latin: plumbum) and atomic number 82. Lead is a soft and malleable metal, which is regarded as a heavy metal and poor metal. Metallic lead has a bluish-white color after being freshly cut, but it soon tarnishes to a dull grayish color when exposed to air. Lead has a shiny chrome-silver luster when it is melted into a liquid.
Lead is used in building construction, lead-acid batteries, bullets and shot, weights, as part of solders, pewters, fusible alloys, and as a radiation shield. Lead has the highest atomic number of all of the stable elements, although the next higher element, bismuth, has a half-life that is so long (much longer than the age of the universe) that it can be considered stable. Its four stable isotopes have 82 protons, a magic number in the nuclear shell model of atomic nuclei.
Phase | solid |
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Density (near r.t.) | 11.34 g·cm−3 |
Liquid density at m.p. | 10.66 g·cm−3 |
Melting point | 600.61 K, 327.46 °C, 621.43 °F |
Boiling point | 2022 K, 1749 °C, 3180 °F |
Heat of fusion | 4.77 kJ·mol−1 |
Heat of vaporization | 179.5 kJ·mol−1 |
Molar heat capacity | 26.650 J·mol−1·K−1 |
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