Re: lead hazard - changed

[Virtual Bob <h93young@creighton.edu>]

On Fri, 11 Sep 1998, Robert Myers wrote:

>...
>Lead in old-fashioned leaded gasoline (petrol, Phil :-)) was present as
>tetraethyl lead in which four ethyl groups are attached to one lead atom
>via a rather covalent bong [Pb(Ch2-CH3)4].  It's purpose was to act as a
>...

Wow, no wonder Bob became chem major and I didn't. I thought I was told of
covalent bonds, and it breally bored me to death. But noooo. Now I finally
find out all those people were talking about bongs and having fun!

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