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In industry, lead nitrate is utilized in the production of other lead compounds, as well as in the manufacturing of matches and pyrotechnics. Its role in pyrotechnics is to act as an oxidizer, which helps in the combustion of materials. Additionally, it is used in the process of gold cyanidation in mining to improve the leaching process.
In the laboratory, lead nitrate serves as a reagent in chemical synthesis and analysis. It is used in qualitative inorganic analysis to test for the presence of iodide, chloride, and sulfate ions. When mixed with potassium iodide, for example, it forms a yellow precipitate of lead iodide, which is a characteristic reaction.
However, lead nitrate is toxic and poses significant health risks if ingested or inhaled, as lead is a heavy metal that can cause severe poisoning and damage to various body systems, including the nervous system. Proper handling, storage, and disposal procedures are essential to mitigate the hazards associated with lead nitrate.
For many learners high school is not enough to prepare them for what they are to face at first year university. They find themselves completely overwhelmed and intimidated by what is expected of them to be able to do in a laboratory.
Unfortunately many learners who want to pursue science subjects go through this dilemma, few as they are because fact is SA is not producing enough learners who will become engineers, doctors, science researchers, let alone science innovators.
To address this, we developed a chemistry kits with 52 experiments for use by learners at home. This gives them an opportunity to gain hand-on exposure and engagement, confidence and understanding they need to study sciences further.
The kit comes with a manual explaining how science is experienced in daily life and therefore brings awareness of the application and usefulness of science, helping the learner relate to what they learn at school.
Some schools do have kits where only the teacher demonstrates the experiments and this is great, but you don’t master driving by watching the driving instructor, you must get in the driver’s seat yourself.
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