Is lead pipe pure lead, or close enough? BIL gave me some and I am just curious.
Is lead pipe pure lead, or close enough? BIL gave me some and I am just curious.
Nothing in this life is for sure!
Most lead water pipe I have found is very close to pure. Just test it with your set of artist pencils to get a ballpark reading.
If it is old refrigeration small tubing, it could be pure tin. They used a lot in beer coolers long time ago. I ran across 100# of it several years ago for 50¢ a pound. Nice stuff!
My BIL is a foreman for a big plumbing contractor that does municipal contracts and if he runs across Any he gives it to me.
If it bends easily without "talking to you" (pure tin will have a cracking sound when bent) it is as close to pure as you can get,,,,, except for the "wiped joints" (looks like a snake swallowed a rat) which will contain a higher % of tin.
CABLE sheathing is not pure lead, but is a calcium-lead alloy which drosses like crazy and is a pain to use. When you get unknown lead pipe or split sheahing melt a SMALL quantity of several pounds and watch to see if you get heavy drossing or not after initial fluxing...
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