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lead is the poorest metal conductor of electricity,then why is it used in lead acid accumulators?

2007-05-16 16:03:34 · 1 answers · asked by aakash v 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry

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Because it is cheap and easily oxidized according to:

Pb ==> Pb2+ + 2e-

...and reduced, according to:

PbO2 + 2e- +4H+ ===> Pb2+ + 2H2O

Conductivity doesn't come into it.

2007-05-16 16:09:45 · answer #1 · answered by steve_geo1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

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