ASTM B29-03

Standard Specification for Refined Lead

ABSTRACT
This specification covers refined lead in pig, block, or hog forms. Lead shall be supplied in commercial standard forms or shapes requested by the purchaser in the following grades: low-bismuth low-silver pure lead, refined pure lead, pure lead, and chemical copper lead. All grades shall be manufactured by any smelting and refining process from ore or recycled materials to meet the specified chemical composition requirements. Chemical analysis samples shall be cleaned thoroughly to rid the surface of dirt or adhering foreign material either by sawing, drilling, or melting prior to sampling, and shall be selected either from the lot during casting, or from the final solidified cast product.
SCOPE
1.1 This specification covers refined lead in pig, block, or hog form.
1.2 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as the standard. The values given in parentheses are for information only.
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to become familiar with all hazards including those identified in the appropriate Material Safety Data Sheet for this product/material as provided by the manufacturer, to establish appropriate safety and health practices, and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-Jun-2003
• ICS: 77.150.60 - Lead, zinc and tin products
• Technical Committee: B02 - Nonferrous Metals and Alloys
• Drafting Committee: B02.02 - Refined Lead, Tin, Antimony, and Their Alloys

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM B29-92(1997) - Standard Specification for Refined Lead
• Effective Date: 10-Jun-2003
• Replaced By: ASTM B29-03(2009) - Standard Specification for Refined Lead
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2009
• Referred By: ASTM B749-20 - Standard Specification for Lead and Lead Alloy Strip, Sheet, and Plate Products
• Effective Date: 10-Jun-2003

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: B 29 – 03
Standard Specification for
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Refined Lead
ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationB 29;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginal
adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision.Anumber in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.Asuperscript
epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the Department of Defense.
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1. Scope E 37 Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Pig Lead
E 88 Practice for Sampling Nonferrous Metals and Alloys
1.1 This specification covers refined lead in pig, block, or
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in Cast Form for Determination of Chemical Composition
hog form.
1.2 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
3. Ordering Information
as the standard. The values given in parentheses are for
3.1 Orders for refined lead under this specification shall
information only.
include the following information:
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the
3.1.1 ASTM designation and year of issue,
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
3.1.2 Quantity (weight),
responsibility of the user of this standard to become familiar
3.1.3 Name of material (for example, pure lead),
with all hazards including those identified in the appropriate
3.1.4 Size and shape (see Section 6),
Material Safety Data Sheet for this product/material as pro-
3.1.5 Grade (see Table 1 and accompanying notes), and
vided by the manufacturer, to establish appropriate safety and
3.1.6 Certification or test report if specified (Section 13).
health practices, and determine the applicability of regulatory
limitations prior to use.
4. Materials and Manufacture
4.1 Lead shall be supplied in commercial standard forms or
2. Referenced Documents
shapes requested by the purchaser in the following grades:
2.1 The following documents of the issue in effect on the
4.1.1 Low bismuth low silver pure lead,
date of material purchase form a part of this specification to the
4.1.2 Refined pure lead,
extent referenced herein.
4.1.3 Pure lead, and
2.2 ASTM Standards:
4.1.4 Chemical copper lead.
E 29 Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data to
2 4.2 Thegradesofleadlistedin4.1.1-4.1.4shallbeproduced
Determine Conformance with Specifications
by any smelting and refining process from ore or recycled
materials to meet the chemical requirements of this specifica-
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee B02 on
tion.
Nonferrous Metals and Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
B02.02 on Refined Lead, Tin, Antimony, and Their Alloys.
Current edition approved June 10, 2003. Published July 2003. Originally
approved in 1919. Last previous edition approved in 1997 as B 29 - 92 (1997).
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B29–03
5. Composition
5.1 Theleadshallconformtotherequirementsprescribedin
Table 1 and accompanying notes.
6. Sizes and Shapes
6.1 Pigs shall weigh up to a nominal 110 lb (50 kg).
6.2 Blocks or hogs shall be square or oblong and weigh up
to 2530 lb (1150 kg).
7. Appearance
7.1 The lead shall be reasonably free from surface corrosion
and adhering foreign material.
8. Lot
8.1 All lead of the same type produced and cast at one time
shallconstitutealotforchemicalanalysis.Eachpigorblockof
thelotshallbearasingleidentifyingnumberthatcanberelated
to the manufacturing lot.
9. Sampling for Chemical Analysis
9.1 The sample for chemical analysis shall be selected by
one of the following methods:
9.1.1 Test samples taken from the lot during casting, or
9.1.2 Test samples taken from the final solidified cast
product.
9.2 Sampling for Lot Analysis—The supplier may obtain
samples from the lot of molten metal during casting.All or part
of these samples may be cast into shapes suitable for use in
spectrographic analytical methods.
9.3 Sampling of Cast Product:
9.3.1 If the lead is in the form of standard pigs (Fig. 1), the
FIG. 1 Method of Sampling Lead by Sawing
sample for chemical analysis shall be taken in accordance with
9.3.3.1, 9.3.3.2, or 9.3.3.3.
9.3.1.1 If the pigs differ in shape from those shown in Fig.
1 or the product is cast into blocks or hogs, the supplier and the
purchaser shall agree mutually as to the method to be followed
in sampling such shapes.
9.3.2 Sampling Pig Lead—A portion representative of the
total shipment shall be selected at random for the final sample.
For lots containing at least 100 000 lb (45 400 kg) of pig lead,
one pig shall be taken from every 20 000 lb (9080 kg). For
smaller lots, a total of five pigs shall be taken.
9.3.3 Sample Pr
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