If you said it was "Bright Lead" I would agree but if you said it was "Black Lead" you're wrong.  However there are lots of people doing soldering who all wish they would put Lead back into solder.

Lead is a chemical element with symbol Pb (from the Latin plumbum) and atomic number 82. ...... tin was often not distinguished from lead: Romans called lead plumbum nigrum ("black lead"), and tin plumbum candidum ("bright lead").

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I think it is Lead (right Lealand?)
Please put it back in my solder . . . and give me the flux that smells good!


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 The Question:
This element was known to ancient civilizations (at least 5500 BC). A pure bar of this element will "cry" when bent due to the twinning of its crystal structure. One of the early Latin words for this element was "plumbum candidum". A major commercial application for a compound containing this element is the stabilization of PVC plastics.The International Maritime Organization has a worldwide ban of a compound containing this element.
Which element is being described?