What element makes plumbing pipes?

3. Find 1 element named after a state and one named after a continent 4. Find 3 elements named after planets 5. Find 1 element that sounds like your name and 1 that sounds like it should be in a comic book 6. Find at least 5 elements whose symbols do not match their names 7. read more

Copper pipes are now most commonly used in plumbing. Lead pipes were used long ago, and the word plumbing is derived from the Latin word for lead (plumbum). Iron pipes were used until relatively inexpensive copper pipes became readily available during the twentieth century. read more

Lead is a chemical element with the symbol Pb and atomic number 82. The symbol for lead, Pb, comes from the Latin name for the metal, plumbum. The English words "plumbing" and "plumber" are derived from this Latin name. read more