Lead - Periodic Table of Videos
- Episode aired Sep 16, 2008
- 8m
Lead is a soft, heavy, poisonous metal. It is often used for radiation shielding. In World War Two it was used as a submarine camouflage because with simple in the field chemical reactions i... Read allLead is a soft, heavy, poisonous metal. It is often used for radiation shielding. In World War Two it was used as a submarine camouflage because with simple in the field chemical reactions it can be changed from black lead sulfide to white lead oxide or sulfate and back. Tetraeth... Read allLead is a soft, heavy, poisonous metal. It is often used for radiation shielding. In World War Two it was used as a submarine camouflage because with simple in the field chemical reactions it can be changed from black lead sulfide to white lead oxide or sulfate and back. Tetraethyllead was used as an antiknock additive in gasoline until the toxic and environmental imp... Read all