plumbane noun. ['plʌmbeɪn] E19.
[from Latin plumbum lead + -ANE.]
Chemistry.
1. Lead chloride. Only in E19.

2. Any of a partly hypothetical series of saturated lead hydrides analogous to alkanes; spec. lead tetrahydride, PbH₄, an extremely unstable gas. Also, an alkyl compound of lead. E20.

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