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Yes I've found it's very frustrating looking for "genuinely zero lead" brass and bronze. Almost all scrap has lead in it to some degree, and even new metal ofte
by jaggederest 4y ago
Yes I've found it's very frustrating looking for "genuinely zero lead" brass and bronze. Almost all scrap has lead in it to some degree, and even new metal often has a trace.
- TEP_Kim_Il_Sung 4y agoRemove about 82% of lead from bronze using this one weird trick! https://www.researchgate.net/publication/250155103_Removal_of_Lead_from_Scrap_Bronze https://www.researchgate.net/publication/250155103_Removal_o...
- jaggederest 4y agoNeat, this dovetails with another interest of mine, pottery. NaF is "sodium feldspar" and Ca-Si compounds are "wollastonite" among others. Both useful as fluxes in metal casting, in addition to their pottery uses.
- Scoundreller 4y agoI was hoping for something involving a particle accelerator and making gold.
- mildchalupa 4y agoLead free brass is still 0.2% or less. Mitsubishi makes it. "Eco brass". I'm not sure it's brass anymore without the lead. Why does it seem that the better a material works the worse it is for humans.