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Pb
Lead
- Z
- 82
- Mass
- 207.2
- Lifeforce
- Earth
Dense, heavy, easy to shape, so the Romans built their pipes from it, and we poured it into every gas tank. The toxic part we noticed afterwards.
Lead. Element eighty-two. Dense, heavy, easily shaped. Built Roman pipes, filled every pencil, was in every gas tank. Toxic. We know now.
Lab note · Element 82: dense and heavy, yet easy to shape.
Tool · Cosmic origin
Where your atoms come from
Pb · Supernova
Born in supernova explosions, the death of massive stars scattering their innards across the galaxy.
65 of the 118 elements share this origin.
Choose a stage: click, or arrow keys. · Cosmic nucleosynthesis · current standard model
Tool · Periodic table
Your place in the system
- Fire
- Water
- Air
- Earth
- Source
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