Try lead: Soft, but tough on corrosives

From: Chemical Engineering Progress | Date: January 1, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

Lead and its alloys are easy to cast into small parts and layer as large structures, and resist some difficult chemicals. Applications include tanks for sulfuric acid, piping, reaction vessels, and clad heating coils.

Lead has a long history of use in the chemical process industries (CPI) because of its outstanding resistance to corrosion in a variety of environments, its ease of fabrication, and low cost, Lead is often used in combination with steel and concrete, which also are among the least expensive construction materials available, This metal's excellent malleability and softness make ...

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