Nomenclature
CAS number: 10101-63-0
I
2Pb; mol wt 461.01.
I 55.05%, Pb 44.94%.
PbI
2.
Description and references
Review of toxicology and human exposure: Toxicological Profile for Lead (PB99-166704,
1999) 640 pp.
Properties
Bright yellow, heavy odorless powder. Poisonous. d 6.16. mp 402°. One gram dissolves in 1350 ml cold, 230 ml boiling water;
sol in concd solns of alkali iodides; freely sol in soln of sodium
thiosulfate; sol in 200 parts cold 90 parts hot aniline. Insol in
alcohol or cold HCl. Protect from light.Use
Bronzing, gold pencils, mosaic gold, printing, photography.