Metallurgy of lead

J. O. Betterton and Y. E. Levebeff, Metallurgy of Lead and Zinc, American Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Engineers, New York, 1936. 

Sulfide ores of silver and lead are also treated by the Parkes process, which is described later, in discussion of the metallurgy of lead. 

Uses. The major uses of metallic zinc are in the manufacture of alloys and in the use of zinc as a protective coating on other metallic products, notably iron and steel. Lesser quantities are employed in the manufacture of dry-cell batteries, sinks, gutters, cornices, weather strips, and so forth. The use of zinc in connection with the metallurgy of lead has already been described. In chemical laboratory work, zinc is one of the most widely used reducing agents. 

The Metallurgy of Lead. The principal ore of lead is galena, PbS, which occurs, often in beautiful cubic crystals, in large deposits in the United States, Spain, and Mexico. The ore is first roasted until part of it has been converted into lead oxide, PbO, and lead sulfate, PbS04. The supply of air to the furnace is then cut off, and the temperature is raised. Metallic lead is then produced by the reactions... 

O.H. Bahne, R.K. Carpenter and C.R. Paden, Electrolytic Zinc Plant of American Zinc Company, AIME World Symposium on Mining Metallurov of Lead Zinc - Vol. II Extractive Metallurgy of Lead Zinc. C.H. Cotterill and J.M. Cigan, Eds., The Metallurgical Society of AIME, New York, NY, U.S.A., 1970,308-328. 

Hoffman, H O, 1899. The Metallurgy of Lead (The Scientific Publishing Company New York). Also revised edition, 1918 (McGraw Hdl New York). 

Percy, J, 1870. The Metallurgy of Lead (John Murray London). 

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