lead

Summary

lead is a chemical element^[1]. lead draws 6,556 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #16 of 144).^[2]

Key Facts

• lead's instance of is recorded as chemical element^[3].
• lead's instance of is recorded as simple substance^[4].
• lead's instance of is recorded as superconducting element^[5].
• lead's instance of is recorded as chalcophile element^[6].
• lead is made of galena^[7].
• lead is made of boulangerite^[8].
• lead is made of anglesite^[9].
• lead is made of cerussite^[10].
• lead's canonical SMILES is recorded as [Pb]^[11].
• lead's element symbol is recorded as Pb^[12].
• lead's chemical formula is recorded as Pb^[13].
• lead is a type of post-transition metal^[14].
• lead is part of period 6^[15].
• lead is part of group 14^[16].
• lead is used for nuclear reactor coolant^[17].
• lead's Commons category is recorded as Lead^[18].
• lead's color is recorded as grey^[19].
• lead's Unicode character is recorded as 鉛^[20].
• lead's found in taxon is recorded as Foeniculum vulgare^[21].
• lead's found in taxon is recorded as Paris polyphylla var. chinensis^[22].
• lead's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lead^[23].
• lead's Commons gallery is recorded as Lead^[24].
• lead's atomic number is recorded as {'amount': '+82'}^[25].
• lead's electronegativity is recorded as {'amount': '+2'}^[26].
• lead's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include chemical element^[3], simple substance^[4], superconducting element^[5], and chalcophile element^[6]. lead is a type of post-transition metal^[14].

Use and Application

lead is used for nuclear reactor coolant^[17]. Part of include period 6^[15], a period^[28] and group 14^[16], a group^[29].

Influence

Things named for lead include molybdenum^[30], a chemical element^[31]; molybdenite^[32], a mineral species^[33]; plumbogummite^[34], a mineral species^[35]; magnetoplumbite^[36], a mineral species^[37]; Adelaide Lead^[38], a town^[39], in Australia^[40]; rhodplumsite^[41], a mineral species^[42]; plumbonacrite^[43], a mineral species^[44]; and plumbopalladinite^[45], a mineral species^[46].

Why It Matters

lead draws 6,556 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #16 of 144).^[2] lead has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[47] lead is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[48]

Entities named for lead include molybdenum^[30], a chemical element^[31]; molybdenite^[32], a mineral species^[33]; plumbogummite^[34], a mineral species^[35]; magnetoplumbite^[36], a mineral species^[37]; Adelaide Lead^[38], a town^[39], in Australia^[40]; and rhodplumsite^[41], a mineral species^[42].