Lead
By: Susan Watt
Series: The elements; Elements (Benchmark Books)
Publisher: Benchmark Books
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780761412731
Subjects: Juvenile literature; Lead
Description: Explores the history of the useful metal lead and explains its chemistry, its uses, and its importance in our lives.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: What is lead?; title: Special characteristics; title: Lead in the ancient world; title: In the Middle Ages and beyond; title: Where lead is found; title: Extracting lead; title: Lead and radioactivity; title: How lead reacts; title: Lead poisoning; title: Lead in gasoline; title: Uses of lead today; title: Periodic table; title: Chemical reactions.