Nomenclature
CAS number: 7758-95-4
Cl
2Pb; mol wt 278.11.
Cl 25.50%, Pb 74.50%.
PbCl
2.
Description and references
Occurs in nature as the mineral cotunnite. Toxicity data: Tartler, Arch.
Hyg. 125, 273 (1941). Review of toxicology
and human exposure: Toxicological Profile
for Lead (PB99-166704, 1999) 640 pp.
Properties
White, cryst powder. Poisonous. d 5.85. mp 501°. bp 950°. Sol in 93 parts cold water,
30 parts boiling water; readily sol in soln of NH4Cl, NH4NO3, alkali hydroxides; slowly in glycerol. MLD in guinea pigs (mg/kg): 1500-2000 orally (Tartler).Use
Manuf Pattison's white lead, Verona Yellow, Turner's
Patent Yellow, lead oxychloride; as solder and flux.