(Encyclopedia) red lead, bright red to orange-red powder, also called minium, that is used in the manufacture of storage batteries, lead glass, and red pigments; a paint made with red lead is…
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(Encyclopedia) lead, metallic chemical element; symbol Pb [Lat. plumbum]; at. no. 82; at. wt. 207.2; m.p. 327.502℃; b.p. about 1,740℃; sp. gr. 11.35 at 20℃; valence +2 or +4. One of the oldest metals…
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Ahmed Tejan Kabbah Lawyer Leads Troubled Sierra Leone by David Johnson President Kabbah. (Source/AP)Although he took office in 1996 with 60 percent of the vote to become Sierra Leone's first…
