What happens if you ingest lead nitrate?

What happens if you ingest lead nitrate?

Ingestion: POISON! The symptoms of lead poisoning include abdominal pain and spasms, nausea, vomiting, headache. Nitrates entering the body by any route (ingestion, inhalation, or absorption), can cause headache vomiting, dizziness, cyanosis, decreased blood pressure, and possibly respiratory paralysis.

What is the symbol for Plumbous?

The Romans were known to have used lead for water pipes. Alchemists called lead Saturn and used the symbol for the planet to designate Pb. Lead compounds, such as lead ash (PbO) and white lead [2PbC03.

Is lead nitrate poisonous?

Lead(II) nitrate is toxic, and ingestion may lead to acute lead poisoning, as is applicable for all soluble lead compounds. All inorganic lead compounds are classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) as probably carcinogenic to humans (Category 2A).

What does lead do to the brain?

Lead exposure can have serious consequences for the health of children. At high levels of exposure lead attacks the brain and central nervous system, causing coma, convulsions and even death. Children who survive severe lead poisoning may be left with intellectual disability and behavioural disorders.

What is the charge of Plumbous?

+4
Plumbous ion is represented as Pb^+4 .

What are the uses of lead?

Lead is still widely used for car batteries, pigments, ammunition, cable sheathing, weights for lifting, weight belts for diving, lead crystal glass, radiation protection and in some solders. It is often used to store corrosive liquids.

What are products of lead nitrate?

When lead nitrate is heated it decomposes to form lead oxide, nitrogen dioxide and oxygen. From the reaction, we can see that lead nitrate decomposes on heating and forms lead oxide, nitrogen dioxide and oxygen.

What is the common name of lead nitrate?

2007 Schools Wikipedia Selection. Related subjects: Chemical compounds

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