Clockwise from left: some lumps of lead (from Wikimedia Commons), lead has historically been used in architecture such as roofing (from jtcroofing.co.uk), lead as it appears in the periodic table. A metal element, famous for its radiation blocking and toxicity, is our last of the elements with Latin letters in its symbol. Lead (or plumbum,Continue reading “Day 117: Lead”
Each day for the rest of 2020 I'll write a bit about a random element of the periodic table.
An Element A Day 