What is Xray lead worth

[Jeffery8mm]

I have a chance to buy some sheet lead from a x ray room. What is this worth if I were to sell some?? Is it worth more than the standard 1.00$ per pund that folks get for WW lead shipped?? Also, I assume this IS supposed to be soft lead?
Thanks
JEff

[montana_charlie]

We often hear from a shooter who has only pure lead to work with, and wishes he had some antimony. He will usually get suggestions that he find some muzzloaders and trade pound for pound, pure for wheel weights. That pretty well indicates they have about the same value.

CM

[Beerd]

If it is straight from a demo site it may have other stuff glued to it; sheetrock, etc.
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[Baron von Trollwhack]

My own view is that it is worth noticeably more than WWs because it is made to a standard, can be considered pure lead for our bullet casting purposes, can be more definitively alloyed, and lastly, is easier to turn from scrap to usable ingots without near the hassle of converting a bucket of WW from Joe's Tire Shop which will contain an amazing and unbelievable variety of of noxious, disagreeable and unknown ingredients and just junk.

Further, the burning off of the glue and wallboard papers is not nearly as difficult or time consuming as sorting a bucket of WW and the ultimate loss loss of usable weight.

If we could meet up twenty miles down the road , I'd gladly give you 1.5 WW to 1 sheet lead scrap of this nature.


BvT

Do not be fooled till you turn hundreds of pounds of each into usable hobby ingots!

[John Boy]

Sheet Lead ...
³ Grade B ³ Grade C ³ Grade D
[4] Element ³ percent ³ percent ³ percent
³ maximum ³ maximum ³ maximum

Lead..............³ [1] 99.50 ³ [1] 99.90 ³ [1] 99.85
Antimony, tin and ³ ³ ³
arsenic (total)..³ --- ³ 0.002 ³ 0.002
Iron..............³ --- ³ .002 ³ .002
Bismuth...........³ [2] ³ .025 ³ .025
Zinc..............³ --- ³ .001 ³ .001
Copper............³ --- ³[3]. 040 to .080³[3] .040 to .080
Silver............³ --- ³ .02 ³ .020
Tellurium.........³ --- ³ --- ³[2] .085 to .060

[Olevern]

What is Xray lead worth?

Quite a bit to an Xray tech :0

[nanuk]

I too hope to pull of a score from a renovation of an Xray lab....

[williamwaco]

Scrap sheet lead from manufacture of xray shielding sells for $1.00 per pound around Dallas - when you can find it. It goes pretty quick.