This timely, user-friendly manual focuses on the uses of lead in pure or alloy form for engineering applications and presents exhaustive data on the physical, mechanical, corrosion, acoustic, damping, and nuclear properties of lead and lead alloys-organizing information according to alloy type in tables, graphs, and text.
Examining the processing of commercially available lead products, including casting, rolling, extrustion, machining, welding, and mechanical joining techniques, Engineering Properties and Applications of Lead Alloys covers the production of refined lead from PB ores....traces new developments in continuous casting of rods and casting strips for battery grids....details friction-stir welding and water jet machining of lead products....addresses health and safety issues regarding handling and recycling lead produts...describes the engineering characteristics and utilization of binary, ternary, and multicomponent alloys....evaluates lead products according to dimensional tolerance and attainable surface finishes...discusses contemporary lead uses such as in batteries, seismic protection, corrosion-resistant claddings, solders radiation shielding, seismic protection, anodes, and cable sheathing...provides information on lead sources around the world...and much more.
