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The amount of lead fumes you'll inhale from soldering is minimal -- the temperature at which the work is done is almost always below the temperature at which th
by biggieshellz 8y ago
The amount of lead fumes you'll inhale from soldering is minimal -- the temperature at which the work is done is almost always below the temperature at which the lead will vaporize. See https://diamondenv.wordpress.com/2011/01/06/lead-exposure-during-soldering/ https://diamondenv.wordpress.com/2011/01/06/lead-exposure-du... -- low-temperature melting of lead (below 500 degrees Celsius) "is not liable to result in significant exposure to lead".
- jjt-yn_t 8y agoWe had one linotype man in the shop. Several times yearly I'd be tasked on the back open air dock to melt down the lead type in a cauldron of sorts as his assistant. No ones job in that shop was without low pay occupational hazards... save, by necessity probably, the owners...
- azinman2 8y agoThere is no safe amount of lead.