lead ingot

lead ingot:

Lead is not as reactive as many other metals. It has a brittle metallic quality and often forms covalent bonds with other elements.

Properties of lead ingots

• Lead bullion is a shiny, white, highly malleable metal with a soft texture.
• In addition to being resistant to corrosion, this metal is also a good conductor of electricity.
• The melting point of lead is 327 degrees Celsius, which is very low.

Advantages of lead

• Lead ingots are rarely purchased due to their toxicity.
• Lead melts at low temperature, easy to work with. Hence, it is ideal for soldering.

Characteristics of lead ingots

• Soft lead ingots
• hammer head
• formable
• High resistance to corrosion
• It has poor electrical conductivity
• Good castability of lead due to its low melting point
• Resistance to sulfuric acid

Application of lead ingot:

1. Lead acid battery

The main use of lead is for lead-acid storage batteries, where the grid or plate is made of lead or lead with another metal, usually antimony.

1. Lead sheet:

Lead sheet is used in the construction industry for flashing or weathering to prevent water penetration and for roofing and cladding.

Because of its resistance to chemical corrosion, lead sheet is also used to cover chemical baths, acid plants, and storage tanks.

The high density of lead sheet makes it a very effective material for sound insulation purposes.

Lead coated steel is also used in radiation shielding.

2. Pigments

Lead is widely used in paints, although recently the use of lead in paints has been greatly reduced to eliminate or reduce health risks.

White lead is the most widely used lead pigment.

Other important lead pigments are lead sulfate and lead chromates.

1. Cable cover

Due to high ductility, good extrusion coating, relatively low and excellent corrosion resistance, lead alloys have proven to be in contact with environments and ships, soils and chemicals, so that they are widely used as Covering materials for electric cables are used.

2. Bullet making

Use of ammunition with lead bullets, which are commonly used in sport shooting with small arms.

3. Alloying with lead

Lead forms alloys with many metals.

Alloys formed with tin, copper, arsenic, antimony, bismuth, cadmium and sodium are all of the most important industries.

Lead is used for making bearings, soldering and making anti-friction alloys.

Soft solders are lead-tin alloys with or without opposite, fusion alloys are combinations of lead, tin, bismuth, cadmium and other low melting point metals.

Lead foil is also made of lead alloys. To reduce the wear of machine tools, lead is added to brass.