Editing Lead(II) nitrate (section)

== Production ==

Lead nitrate is produced by reaction of [[lead(II) oxide]] with concentrated nitric acid:<ref name="greenwood">{{cite book| first = Norman N.|last = Greenwood|author2=Earnshaw, A. |year = 1997|title = Chemistry of the Elements| url = https://archive.org/details/chemistryelement00earn_612| url-access = limited|edition = 2nd|pages= [https://archive.org/details/chemistryelement00earn_612/page/n409 388], 456|location = Oxford|publisher = Butterworth-Heinemann|isbn = 0-7506-3365-4}}</ref> 
: PbO + 2 HNO<sub>3</sub> (concentrated) → Pb(NO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>↓ + H<sub>2</sub>O
  
It may also be obtained by evaporation of the solution obtained by reacting [[lead|metallic lead]] with dilute [[nitric acid]].<ref name="kirkothmer">{{cite book|first = D. F.|last = Othmer|author-link = Donald Othmer|title = Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology|edition = second completely revised|volume = 12 (Iron to Manganese)|year = 1967|publisher = [[John Wiley & Sons]]|location = New York|page = 272|isbn = 0-471-02040-0}}</ref> 
: Pb + 4 HNO<sub>3</sub> → Pb(NO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub> + 2 NO<sub>2</sub> + 2 H<sub>2</sub>O

Solutions and crystals of lead(II) nitrate are formed in the processing of lead–[[bismuth]] wastes from lead refineries.<ref name="sidech">{{cite web|title = Product catalog; other products|url = http://www.sidech.be/products.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070701013928/http://www.sidech.be/products.html|url-status=dead|archive-date = 2007-07-01|publisher = Sidech|location = Tilly, Belgium|access-date = 2008-01-05}}</ref>