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Lead Acetate Formula

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Lead Acetate Formula

Lead acetate is a white crystalline compound of the chemical formula Pb(C2H3O2)2. It tastes sweet. Lead acetate can be made by boiling lead in hydrogen peroxide and acetic acid. Like other lead compounds, it is toxic. 

Name 

Lead acetate

Also known as

Plumbous Acetate, Salt of Saturn, Goulard’s Powder, lead (II) ethanoate

Appearance 

Colourless Efflorescent Crystals or white powder

Chemical formula

Pb(C2H3O2)2

Melting point

280 °C (anhydrous)

75 °C (trihydrate)

22 °C (decahydrate)

Boiling point

decomposes

Density 

3.25 g/cm3 (anhydrous)

2..55 g/cm3 (trihydrate)

1.69 g/cm3 (decahydrate)

Molar mass

325.29 g/mol (anhydrous)

379.33g/mol (trihydrate)

Water solubility

Soluble in water

Solved examples

Ex.1. On reaction with hydrogen sulfide lead acetate forms what?

Solution:

lead sulfide and acetic acid (by-product)

Pb(C2H3O2)2 + H2S → PbS + 2HC2H3O2

Ex.2. in reaction with potassium chromate, lead acetate gives what? 

Solution:

Lead chromate and potassium acetate

K2CrO4 + Pb(C2H3O2)2 → PbCrO4 + 2KC2H3O2

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