CARBON FAMILY

ELEMENTS

• Carbon
• Silicon
• Germanium
• Tin
• Lead

FACTS

• Only Carbon and Silicon can form bonds with Non-Metals
• Silicon is in semiconductors in computer chips and solar cells
• Tin used to be used to make cans, like soup cans.

REAL WORLD

• Silicon is found in nature. It also can be found in Quartz, and Quartz is found in sand.
• Tin used to be made in cans and pipes.
• Lead can sometimes still be used in pigments and paint.

LEAD

Characteristics of Lead

• It is a blueish white color
• It has lustor
• Its soft and malleable
• Lead is not a good conductor of electricity.

LEAD

• Atomic Number: 82
• Atomic Mass: 207
• Metal, Non-Metal, or Metalloid: Metalloid.
• Density: 11 grams
• Sink or Float: Sink

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USES OF LEAD

• Lead coats wires.
• Used in acid-lead batteries for automobeils
• Can still sometimes be found in pigments

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT LEAD

• Lead is highly malliable
• It is highly resistant to corrosion
• Lead has been mentioned in the second Old Testament book.

HISTORIC FACTS ABOUT LEAD

• It has been mentioned in the second Old Testement book
• The oldest known item that contained lead was found in Egypt in 4000 BC