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Lea (pronounced /ˈlɛd/) is a transitional element with a symbol Pb (Latin: plumbum). Lead has the atomic number 82. Lead is a soft, malleable poor metal, also considered to be one of the heavy metals. Lead has a bluish white color when freshly cut, but tarnishes to a dull grayish color when it is exposed to air and is a shiny chrome silver when melted into a liquid. Lead is used in building construction, lead-acid batteries, bullets and shot, weights, and is part of solder, pewter, and fusible alloys. Lead has the highest atomic number of all stable elements, although the next element, bismuth, has a half-life so long (longer than the estimated age of the universe) it can be considered stable. Like mercury, another heavy metal, lead is a potent neurotoxin that accumulates in soft tissues and bone over time.

Trivia about lead

  • Samples from a Swiss bog show the highest levels of this element in the past 14,000 years were from 1975 to 1982
  • If someone wants you to hurry, he tells you to "get" this metal out
  • In the '90s the U.S. banned the once-common use of this metal in the foil over a bottle's neck
  • This pollutant once used in gasoline & paint can lower the IQ of the person breathing its vapors
  • While the mineral galena contains some sulfur, it's the chief source for getting this metal out
  • Something plumose contains feathers; something plumbic contains this element
  • Symbolized Pb, it's been mined & smelted for 8,000 years
  • It's a cinch you'll know this toxic metal was used for water pipes
  • A 1992 law introduced by Sen. Cranston aimed to reduce the use of paint containing too much of this element
  • Gamma rays produced by nuclear fission are best blocked by a thick shield of this metal
  • Ancient Roman pewter was 30% this metal, which for safety's sake is no longer used
  • The EPA names deteriorating paint & contaminated dust & soil as leading sources of poison from this metal
  • Thallium is said to look like this element, so get the thallium out & give us your question
  • A metallic element, or to guide the way
  • It can be the top story that a newscast starts off with, or Rob's first line in his print story on it
  • The top news item of the day, or the first sentence in the story about it
  • One of the EPA's 6 common air pollutants is this element that at least has been cut in gasoline
  • This metallic element's symbol, Pb, derives from its Latin name, plumbum
  • This metal used in storage batteries is refined mainly from a gray metallic ore called galena
  • An old proverb says that something can be as dull as this bluish-gray element, symbol Pb
  • Though soft, this metal is durable & corrosion resistant, so the Romans made water pipes of it (not a good idea)
  • Galena is the principal ore of this metallic element, symbol Pb
  • Franklin noted that the complaint called "dry-gripes" resulted from exposure to this toxic metal
  • Noticing ill effects, the Roman, Vitruvius, recommended water pipes be made of clay rather than this
  • In the lottery of the caskets in "The Merchant of Venice", Bassanio chooses a casket made of this element
  • The U.S. Army experimented with green bullets, thought to be more Earth-friendly without this metal
  • When this heavy metal loses an "a", it becomes a word meaning "guided"
  • OK, Mom, you can stay while we give Timmy his CAT scan, but for safety wear an apron usually made from this metal
  • When pronounced another way, this element is the top story on a newscast
  • In 1674 England's George Ravenscroft patented glass that used an oxide of this heavy element, Pb
  • Poisoning from this metal is sometimes called plumbism or saturnism
  • Plumbum
  • It's the term for the first paragraph in a news story; a feature may have a delayed or indirect one
  • The actor playing the principal role in a production
  • Change one letter in load & make this element
  • This element, once widely used in plumbing is known in Latin as plumbum, hence its symbol Pb
  • One tin solder is traditionally an alloy of tin & this heavy metal
  • Antimony gives strength & hardness to this metal, so you don't have those mushy bullets
  • Galena is the chief ore for getting this element, atomic number 82, out
  • A metallic element: plomo
  • A Cincinnati study found a link between teen delinquency & early exposure to this toxic metal
  • Galena, Wisconsin's state mineral, is an ore of this metal seen on the state flag

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