Lead supply

With binary copper—lead, the continuous copper phase provides the primary load support while pockets of 20—50% lead supply a continuous lead surface film. Tin content of 3—5% is commonly incorporated with the lead to minimi2e corrosion. Copper—lead alloys, either cast or sintered on a steel back, provide good fatigue resistance for heavy-duty main and connecting rod bearings for auto, tmck, diesel, and aircraft engines. 

A check with the Montgomery County police soon revealed that they, too, had the plant under investigation through a lead supplied to them by a laboratory apparatus distributor. 

Curve a in Fig. 7.62 shows the open-loop polar plot for the heat exchanger system described in Example 7.6. with Kc = 1.8 and t,= 2.5 (see also Example 7.8 and Fig. 7.55). Clearly this indicates an unstable system (Section 7.10.5). If a lead compensator with r, = 1 min and r2 = 0.1 min (r,/r2 = 10) is inserted into the loop, as shown in Fig. 7.63, then the system becomes stable (curve b in Fig. 7.62) due to the additional phase lead supplied by the compensator. (Using these values of r, and r2, Kc can now be increased by almost a factor of ten before the system becomes unstable). 

The effect of lead on hydrocarbon oxidation over noble metal catalysts has been variously presented as a relation between catalyst activity and lead content in gasoline (19, 22), or of lead supplied to the engine (31, 32), etc. The most meaningful correlation is between hydrocarbon activity and lead deposit on the catalyst. Two examples of such correlations, one for laboratory-tested samples and the other for fleet-tested catalysts, will follow. 

Given that the share of the market for lead accounted for by batteries has been increasing steadily, it is no surprise that an increasing proportion of lead supply has been met from secondary sources. Fifteen years ago, secondary sources accounted for only 48% of... 

Using the standard lead supplied with the test instrument, disconnect all other loads and plug in the test lead to the socket at the centre of the ring (i.e. the socket at the furthest point from the source of supply). 

Due to enviromnental and health concerns, the clear general trend is to replace lead in the dispersive uses and to concentrate its application to uses where it can be recycled. This trend will necessarily see an inaease in the proportion of lead supply derived from secondary processing, and minimal growth or a decline in the future demand for primary lead. 

The secondary lead industry now represents almost 70 per cent of total lead supply and hence exceeds the scale of the primary smelting industry. 

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A useful summary of levels and trends in mine and smelter production, and of developments in refined metal consumption is provided by the industry metal balance. The balance can be drawn up for particular areas or regional markets, but most commonly covers the Western World, see Table 2.2. It pulls together the various elements of Western World lead supply and demand (including, separately, net trade with the Eastern Bloc in concentrates and refined metal), and focuses attention on the overall balance between them, with metal surpluses or deficits expressed in terms of an apparent change in stocks over a given period (usually a quarter or a year). In this way, the prevailing market position can be (fairly) accurately assessed and compared with developments in price and other market indicators (like reported stocks, turnover, etc). The construction of a metal balance also often forms the basis of forecasts of future trends in supply, demand and price (see Chapter 16). 

Western World refined lead supply and demand, 1960-92. Source ILZSG. 

A draft agreement for a ftilly-fledged mineral commodity agreement for lead and zinc was submitted to the Study Group for consideration in 1964, but was not adopted. The lack of support for such a move reflected three main factors the dominant role played by developed country producers in the supply of both metals the fact that lead and zinc are produced in association with each other, and with other metals like silver and copper and the importance of scrap lead supply."... 

On average, the most important lead mine co- and by-products, in value terms, are zinc, silver, copper and gold, in that order. Lead generates a relatively small share of total mine revenues at most operations (probably less than 20 per cent, at current prices). This consequently implies that developments in the price of other metals will have a crucial impact on lead supply decisions, and indirectly on lead prices themselves. Although there does seem to be a close correlation between base metal prices, there is no guarantee that the markets for these or other of lead s co-products will always move in tandem with the price of lead, as Fig. 17.5 illustrates. 

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