lead

chemical element with symbol Pb and atomic number 82
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lead

Summary

lead is a chemical element[1]. lead draws 13,280 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 heavy metal[14].
  • lead is part of period 6[15].
  • lead is part of group 14[16].
  • lead is part of post-transition metal[17].
  • lead is used for nuclear reactor coolant[18].
  • lead's Commons category is recorded as Lead[19].
  • lead's color is recorded as grey[20].
  • lead's Unicode character is recorded as 鉛[21].
  • lead's crystal system is recorded as face-centered cubic[22].
  • lead's space group is recorded as space group Fm-3m[23].
  • lead's found in taxon is recorded as Foeniculum vulgare[24].
  • lead's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lead[25].
  • lead's Commons gallery is recorded as Lead[26].
  • lead's atomic number is recorded as {'amount': '+82'}[27].

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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 heavy metal[14].

Use and Application

lead is used for nuclear reactor coolant[18]. Part of include period 6[15], a period[28]; group 14[16], a group[29]; and post-transition metal[17].

Influence

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

Why It Matters

lead draws 13,280 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 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]

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

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [34] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [36] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [39] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [41] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [43] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [45] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [46] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [47] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [48] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of heavy metal
    Part of period 6, group 14, post-transition metal
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q19591]], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269683|batch #269683]]"
  2. 3d ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of heavy metal
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q105789]], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269657|batch #269657]]"
  3. 6d ago · Mahirtwofivesix · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual index id i113959
    Arabic ontology lexical concept id 151078488
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||3 */ added/modified IDs mapped to WordNet 3.1"
  4. 8d ago · AdrianoRutz · 2026-08-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Found in taxon Foeniculum vulgare
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P703]]: [[Q10905961]]"
  5. 16d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Electrical conductivity {'amount': '+4760000.0'}
    Specific heat capacity {'amount': '+131.0'}
    Electrical resistivity {'amount': '+0.000000208'}
    Thermal conductivity {'amount': '+35.0'}
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetreference-set:2| */ [[Property:P5668]]: 39,516,000,000.0 pascal"
  6. 16d ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Poisson's ratio {'amount': '+0.37'}
    Bulk modulus {'amount': '+39516000000.0'}
    Crystal system face-centered cubic
    Shear modulus {'amount': '+11204000000.0'}
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9824]]: 2300256, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269026|batch #269026]]"
  7. 23d ago · LadyData · 2026-08-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Imdb keyword lead
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P11924]]: lead, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/193890923|lead (#193890923)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6965|Top 10,000 IMDb keywords]] #m"
  8. 5w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id Ölmühle Sels
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q297181, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  9. 7w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 3quz0f, 14l6L
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  10. 9w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxford classical dictionary id 3622
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P9106]]: 3622, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/107285809|lead (#107285809)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4102|Oxford Classical Dictionary]] "
  11. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag lead
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: lead, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289947434|lead (#289947434)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'match"
  12. 11w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id h0005854-olovo
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0005854-olovo, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259662|batch #259662]]"
  13. 14w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Hrvatska enciklopedija id olovo
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 15486, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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