Editing Lead(II) nitrate (section)

== Applications ==

Lead nitrate has been used as a heat stabiliser in nylon and polyesters, as a coating for [[thermography|photothermographic]] paper, and in [[rodenticide]]s.<ref name="greenwood"/>

Heating lead nitrate is convenient means of making [[nitrogen dioxide]]:

:<chem>2 Pb(NO_3)_2->[\Delta]2PbO + 4NO_2 +O_2 </chem>

In the [[gold cyanidation]] process, addition of lead(II) nitrate solution improves the [[Tank leaching|leaching]] process. Only limited amounts (10 to 100&nbsp;milligrams lead nitrate per kilogram gold) are required.<ref>{{cite journal|first = Fathi|last = Habashi|title = Recent advances in gold metallurgy|year = 1998 |journal=Revisa de la Facultad de Ingeniera, Universidad Central de Venezuela|volume=13|issue=2|pages=43–54}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.e-goldprospecting.com/html/auxiliary_agents_in_gold_cyani.html|title = Auxiliary agents in gold cyanidation|publisher = Gold Prospecting and Gold Mining|access-date = 2008-01-05}}</ref>

In organic chemistry, it may be used in the preparation of [[isothiocyanate]]s from [[dithiocarbamate]]s.<ref name="OrgSynDains">{{OrgSynth|author =Dains, F. B.|author2 =Brewster, R. Q.|author3 =Olander, C. P. |title = Phenyl isothiocyanate|collvol = 1|collvolpages = 447|prep = cv1p0447}}</ref> Its use as a [[bromide]] scavenger during [[SN1 reaction|S<sub>N</sub>1 substitution]] has been reported.<ref name="OrgSynRapoport">
{{OrgSynth|author = Rapoport, H.|author2 = Jamison, T.|collvol = 9|collvolpages = 344|prep = cv9p0344|year = 1998|title = (S)-N-(9-Phenylfluoren-9-yl)alanine and (S)-Dimethyl-N-(9-phenylfluoren-9-yl)aspartate}}</ref>