Sprotz
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Grey colour when making lead acetate
When I try to make lead acetate from lead metal, I add acetic acid to the lead, then I add hydrogen peroxide. the solution turns white upon adding the
peroxide, but after some adding and stirring, the solution is grey in colour and there is a grey residue at the bottom. When I add some hydrogen
peroxide to this, I see an instant white cloud for a moment but overall the mixture is grey. What is this grey substance and isn't lead acetate
supposed to be white?
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The lead apparently contains additives.
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The usual alloy is Antimony and rarer except for battery grids Calcium
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Sprotz
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Ok, I see. so even airgun pellets are not pure lead.
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bullets are especially not pure lead. Pure lead is really soft, they add antimony, tin, and other metals to get the right hardness.
i got the same white stuff, filter it and you get a normal lead acetate solution
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Quote: Originally posted by Sprotz  | | When I try to make lead acetate from lead metal, I add acetic acid to the lead, then I add hydrogen peroxide. the solution turns white upon adding the
peroxide, but after some adding and stirring, the solution is grey in colour and there is a grey residue at the bottom. When I add some hydrogen
peroxide to this, I see an instant white cloud for a moment but overall the mixture is grey. What is this grey substance and isn't lead acetate
supposed to be white? |
I can confirm that I have seen the same thing when making lead acetate from range lead.
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yup I did a big batch of lead nitrate, Usually takes a couple of filters and a crystallization to get it nicely purified
Here are pics from my lead acetate run year ago
First 2 is the garbage left over from 2 purifying steps
[Edited on 15-6-2020 by XeonTheMGPony]
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