lead
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Summary
lead is a chemical element[1]. lead draws 32,892 Wikipedia views per month (chemical element category, ranking #16 of 144).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: simple substance[3], superconducting element[4], chalcophile element[5]
- Made from material: galena[6], boulangerite[7], anglesite[8], cerussite[9]
- Canonical SMILES: [Pb][10]
- Element symbol: Pb[11]
- Chemical formula: Pb[12]
- Subclass of: heavy metal[13], p-block[14]
- Part of: period 6[15], group 14[16], post-transition metal[17]
- Has use: nuclear reactor coolant[18]
- Commons category: Lead[19]
- Color: grey[20]
- Unicode character: 鉛[21]
- Crystal system: face-centered cubic[22]
- Point group: cubic-hexoctahedral[23]
- Space group: space group Fm-3m[24]
- Found in taxon: Foeniculum vulgare[25]
- IPA transcription: lɛd[26]
- Topic's main category: Category:Lead[27]
- Commons gallery: Lead[28]
- Atomic number: 82[29]
- Mohs' hardness: 1.5[30]
- Electronegativity: 2[31]
- Oxidation state: -4[32], -2[33], -1[34], 0[35], 1[36], 2[37], 3[38], 4[39]
- Described by source: Pauly–Wissowa[40], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[41], Gujin Tushu Jicheng[42], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[43], Lead[44], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[45], The American Cyclopædia[46], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[47]
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Influence
Things named for lead include molybdenum[48], a chemical element[49]; molybdenite[50], a mineral species[51]; plumbogummite[52], a mineral species[53]; rhodplumsite[54], a mineral species[55]; Adelaide Lead[56], a town[57], in Australia[58]; magnetoplumbite[59], a mineral species[60]; plumbonacrite[61], a mineral species[62]; and leadamalgam[63], a mineral species[64].
Why It Matters
lead has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[65] lead is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[66]
Entities named for lead include molybdenum[48], a chemical element[49]; molybdenite[50], a mineral species[51]; plumbogummite[52], a mineral species[53]; rhodplumsite[54], a mineral species[55]; Adelaide Lead[56], a town[57], in Australia[58]; and magnetoplumbite[59], a mineral species[60].