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QUESTIONS FOR CHEMMATTERS ARTICLE: “BLING ZINGER”
http://www.acs.org/content/dam/acsorg/education/resources/highschool/chemmatters/archive/april2006-chemmatters.pdf
1. What is the elemental symbol for lead? What type of element is it? What element is at the top
of the column that lead is found on the periodic table?
2. What characteristics gave lead great appeal to early humans?
3. Name at least five uses that the article gives for lead.
4. Why was tetraethyl lead once used as a gasoline additive? Why was it phased out?
5. How does lead interfere with the production of heme? What type of ion does lead mimic?
6. What are the neurological effects of lead exposure?
7. What does a chelator do?
8. What characteristics does a good chelator have?
9. What factor is believed to contribute to the death of many members of Sir John Franklin’s crew?
(Tin Can and Lead Solder inset article)