“…An examination of the literature about lead nitrates reveals that several studies about basic lead nitrates have been carried out. − The speciation of lead–hydroxo moieties plays an important role in understanding the mechanism of transport of lead in aqueous systems. − The earlier studies for basic lead nitrates mainly focused on studying the resultant precipitates in the aqueous system Pb(NO 3 ) 2 –NaOH by using conductometric and potentiometric titrimetry coupled with chemical analysis and solubility-product determinations or powder X-ray diffraction methods, and some empirical formulas, such as Pb(NO 3 ) 2 ·Pb(OH) 2 , Pb(NO 3 ) 2 ·5PbOH) 2 , 2Pb(NO 3 ) 2 ·5Pb(OH) 2 , and Pb(NO 3 ) 2 ·3Pb(OH) 2 , were obtained. − Subsequently, studies about the category of basic salt phase in aqueous nitrate solutions with different pH values have been reported, and some crystal structures of basic lead nitrate have been successively reported. − Because of the fact that, in aqueous solutions, Pb 2+ cations usually form polynuclear complexes with Pb 2+ cations linked via bridging hydroxyl groups and/or oxygen atoms, various lead–(oxide, hydroxide) clusters have been discovered. ,− In these clusters, anions (O 2– or OH – ) play the role of the central atom. Generally, the O 2– anion is located at the center of a tetrahedron defined by Pb 2+ cations, thus forming (OPb 4 ) oxocentered tetrahedra.…”