Lead carbonate

Lead carbonate

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Formula = PbCO3
MolarMass = 267.21 g/mol
Appearance =White powder
Density = 6.6 g/cm3
MeltingPt = ~400 °C (dec.)
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Solubility = Insoluble
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Lead carbonate, is the chemical compound PbCO3. It is prepared industrially from lead(II) acetate and carbon dioxide.It occurs naturally as the mineral cerussite [ "Inorganic Chemistry", Egon Wiberg, Arnold Frederick Holleman Elsevier 2001 ISBN 0123526515]

Basic lead carbonates

There are a number of basic lead carbonates and related compounds, including:
* White lead, a basic lead carbonate, 2PbCO3·Pb(OH)2
* Shannonite, PbCO3·PbO
* 3PbCO3·Pb(OH)2·PbO [S.V. Krivovichev and P.C. Burns, "Crystal chemistry of basic lead carbonates. II. Crystal structure of synthetic 'plumbonacrite'." Mineralogical Magazine, 64(6), pp. 1069-1075, December 2000. http://www.nd.edu/~pburns/pcb075.pdf]
* PbCO3·2PbO
* NaPb2(OH)(CO3)2
* Leadhillite, 2PbCO3·PbSO4·Pb(OH)2

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