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Traces of Pb, this element, are found in everyday substances like old house paint, where they can be dangerous lead $400 J IN YOUR ELEMENT 2023-09-15 #8930
Not great for use in water pipes, this element joins the parade at No. 82 lead $800 DJ YOUR ELEMENTAL HIT PARADE 2022-12-26 #8771
I'd like to put out an APB on Pb, this most stylish element on the periodic table lead $800 DJ THE ELEMENTS WITH STYLE 2020-04-15 #8203
An old-time gangster might threaten to fill ya full of this metal--actually, most of it in the U.S. goes into batteries lead $200 J ELEMENTS 2019-03-07 #7944
In an idiom something that fails to arouse any interest is said to "go over like a" balloon made of this metal lead $1,200 DJ THE ELEMENTS 2016-11-10 #7399
Plumbum lead $1,200 DJ OLD NAMES FOR CHEMICAL ELEMENTS 2016-06-30 #7334
The EPA says it's a problem if water has more of this element than 15 parts per billion; in 2015 Flint, Mich. tested at 27 lead $400 J THERE'S CHEMISTRY BETWEEN US 2016-04-08 #7275
Until it was phased out, antiknock gasoline contained this toxic metal lead $400 DJ THE ELEMENTS 2014-03-03 #6786
The alloy pewter once contained this metal that caused tarnishing & food toxicity lead $1,200 DJ METALS 2013-07-17 #6653
This element, once widely used in plumbing is known in Latin as plumbum, hence its symbol Pb lead $1,200 DJ THE ELEMENTS 2008-05-19 #5466
Antimony gives strength & hardness to this metal, so you don't have those mushy bullets lead $1,200 DJ METALS 2008-01-30 #5388
When pronounced another way, this element is the top story on a newscast lead $800 DJ THE ELEMENTS 2007-09-17 #5291
Plumbum lead $800 DJ ELEMENTAL LATIN 2005-07-04 #4811
Poisoning from this metal is sometimes called plumbism or saturnism lead DD $800 DJ METALS 2004-11-23 #4652
Ancient Roman pewter was 30% this metal, which for safety's sake is no longer used lead $400 J METALS 2004-01-23 #4465
Painter's colic is a group of symptoms caused by an excess of this element in the body lead DD $600 DJ THE ELEMENTS 2003-12-09 #4432
Galena is the chief ore for getting this element, atomic number 82, out lead $1,200 DJ THE ELEMENTS 2002-11-19 #4192
This element once widely used in plumbing is known in Latin as plumbum, hence its symbol Pb lead $1,200 DJ THE ELEMENTS 2002-02-04 #4016
Thallium is said to look like this element, so get the thallium out & give us your question Lead $400 DJ WHAT THE ELEMENT 2000-02-10 #3559
While the mineral galena contains some sulfur, it's the chief source for getting this metal out lead $200 DJ METALS 1998-12-30 #3298
Something plumose contains feathers; something plumbic contains this element Lead $200 J THE ELEMENTS 1996-11-29 #2820
This metal is used to make bullets because its high density meets little air resistance lead $1,000 DJ THE ELEMENTS 1996-05-07 #2702
Well over half of the U.S. production of this soft mineral is used for batteries lead $200 DJ THE ELEMENTS 1996-03-11 #2661
This metallic element's symbol, Pb, derives from its Latin name, plumbum Lead $400 DJ THE ELEMENTS 1996-01-17 #2623
Waste material, such as auto battery scrap, is an important source of this dense metal lead $200 J METALS 1995-11-03 #2570
The tetraethyl compound of this metal once put the ethyl in ethyl gasoline lead $600 DJ METALS 1995-03-07 #2427
The first commercial use of titanium was as a substitute for this poisonous metal in paint lead $100 J METALS 1994-09-06 #2297
Titanium oxide has replaced poisonous compounds of this heavy metal in white paint lead $200 J METALS 1994-04-07 #2219
Radiation shielding is an important use of this metal, symbol Pb lead $100 J METALS 1994-03-14 #2201
The name of this metal is slang for bullets, since they're often made of it lead $400 J METALS 1994-01-06 #2154
To help lesen pollution, this element, Pb, is omitted from gasoline lead $300 J THE ELEMENTS 1993-11-08 #2111
The greatest use of this heavy metal is in batteries like the one in your car lead $200 DJ METALS 1993-02-09 #1947
This heavy metal used in storage batteries is extracted from galena, a gray metallic ore lead $200 DJ METALS 1992-07-16 #1834
After about 713 million years, half a quantity of uranium-235 turns into this element lead $1,000 DJ THE ELEMENTS 1992-03-26 #1754
Because of their potential toxicity, water pipes made of this metal are no longer being installed lead $600 DJ METALS 1992-01-07 #1697
In 1985 the EPA ruled that compounds of this metal in gasoline be reduced by 90% lead $400 DJ METALS 1991-06-25 #1587
Modern pewter no longer contains this metal because of its toxicity lead $800 DJ METALS 1991-01-22 #1477
Pb, it corrodes so little that words stamped on Roman water pipes made of it are still legible lead $300 J METALS 1987-02-18 #573
Soft, malleable metal Superman can't see through lead $100 J METALS 1985-12-20 #335
"Plumbum" in Latin, Ancient Rome's plumbing was made of this heavy metal lead $1,000 DJ CHEMISTRY 1984-10-01 #16
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