It is blue leaden in color. Its hardness is very low. Many soft ones can be formed by cold extrusion.

PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
Composition (%) Pb:99.9
Specific Gravity (Kg/dm³) 11.35
Melting Point (°C) 326
Thermal Conductivity (100 °C), (Kcal/Sal/Cm/°C) 29.2
Coefficient of Expansion (°C)x10-6 29.3
Heating Temperature (Kcal/Kg/°C) 0.031

MECHANICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Tensile Elastic Modulus (Kg/cm³)x10³ 140
Tensile Strength (Kg/cm²) 170
Yield Strength (Kg/cm²) 115
Elongation (at 5cm) (%) 57
Endurance Limit (107 Hz) (Kg/cm²) 50
Slip Resistance (0.1% per year) (Kg/cm²) 21

PROCESSING FEATURES
Casting Temperature (°c) 420-455

Corrosion Properties
In the atmosphere, it is resistant to fresh and salt water, resistant to sulfuric, sulfurous, phosphoric and chromic acids. It is affected by acetic, photomic and nitric acids.

Occurrences
Ingot, rod, pipe, ball, plate

Usage places
Chemical devices, accumulators, cable shields, bullet cores, alloy making, plating, liquid bath for heat treatment, caulking, Soldering Alloys