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Pb
Lead
- Z
- 82
- Mass
- 207.2
- Lifeforce
- Earth
Dense, heavy, easy to shape — so the Romans built their pipes from it, and we poured it into every gas tank. The toxic part we noticed afterwards.
Lead. Element eighty-two. Dense, heavy, easily shaped. Built Roman pipes, filled every pencil, was in every gas tank. Toxic — we know now.
Lab note · Element 82: dense and heavy, yet easy to shape.