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Lead is a ductile, very soft, highly malleable, bluish-white metal, which has been used by mankind for over 7,000 years. The [[Latin]] word for lead is ''plumbum'' and hence its atomic symbol is ''Pb'', and it is from the use of lead for pipes that we get the word ''plumbing''. |
Lead is a ductile, very soft, highly malleable, bluish-white [[metal]], which has been used by mankind for over 7,000 years. The [[Latin]] word for lead is ''plumbum'' and hence its atomic symbol is ''Pb'', and it is from the use of lead for pipes that we get the word ''plumbing''. |
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