X-ray lead for casting?

[smoothshooter]

Very good analogy!

 

[Rick Boylan]

It sure can. I just received 20 lbs from a seller off of eBay. This is the second time I've bought pure soft lead off of the guy.

I'm sure the mailman hates me for doing it though.

 

[tom deinek]

As an aside question, can lead ingots be sent through the postal service?

OK, now we know you can send X-ray lead through the mail, but is it legal to do so? More importantly, is is safe for postal employees to handle the stuff?

 

[bubba.50]

if you packed & taped it properly no-one in the postal system is handlin' the lead, just the box.

 

[wattlebuster]

I have received a many of pounds through the mail.

 

[mooman76]

As an aside question, can lead ingots be sent through the postal service?

OK, now we know you can send X-ray lead through the mail, but is it legal to do so? More importantly, is is safe for postal employees to handle the stuff?

Yes it is perfectly legal. It's not on their hazard list. It is only considered a hazard because they(EPA) want it recycled or properly disposed of, not thrown into the trash dump to leach into the water tables.

 

[tom deinek]

I have received a many of pounds through the mail.

Not responsive -- we're discussing irradiated metal, not just 'clean' stuff.

 

[tom deinek]

if you packed & taped it properly no-one in the postal system is handlin' the lead, just the box.

Not humorous. Rather, despicable to expose unwitting postal employees to radioactive materials.

 

[bubba.50]

if you packed & taped it properly no-one in the postal system is handlin' the lead, just the box.

Not humorous. Rather, despicable to expose unwitting postal employees to radioactive materials.

where do you see any attempt at humor in what I wrote :youcrazy: ? as has been discussed, there is absolutely no radiation danger in x-ray lead & if you packed & taped it strongly enough to withstand the journey there is virtually no danger to postal employees. unless they strain somethin' liftin' it.

 

[jjackson]

 

[azmntman]

X2

 

[Semisane]

X3

X-Ray Lead = Radioactive Materials???? :rotf:

 

[azmntman]

If so all the Xray techs n dentist assistants would be dying of cancer??

 

[bubba.50]

that's why they use lead in the first place, to block radiation from the x-rays :youcrazy: .

 

[azmntman]

ya sure, but if it was accumulating in the lead then they would be pisoned :youcrazy: It dont, they aint and the postman wont be hurt none.

 

[stombaug]

I got ahold of 120lbs of thick sheet lead that came from a doctor's office X-Ray wall and have cast almost all of it. The only thing different about it was the beautiful purple and yellow hues it would turn in the pot. I thought it was kinda strange and asked about it on this and another forum a while ago. Others had seen the same thing but, if I recall, nobody came up with a real solid theory to explain the colors. All I know is that it's the softest lead I have in my inventory, so I use it for MaxiBalls.

 

[Zonie]

Irradiated lead is not radioactive.

Irradiated food is not radioactive.

Irradiated water is not radioactive.

Irradiated simply means at some time, it was exposed to radiation.
X-Ray radiation is basically no different than radiation from a campfire or from a light bulb. The only difference is the X-Ray radiation frequency is much higher.

Even radiation from nuclear material doesn't make most things it passes thru radioactive.

The thing that can make something radioactive is if a small piece of the radioactive material gets on something. Only then will whatever it is become radioactive and even then, the contaminated object is not giving off the radiation. It's the piece(s) of radioactive material that gets on it that makes it radioactive.

 

[Robert Egler]

Irradiated lead is not radioactive.

Irradiated food is not radioactive.

Irradiated water is not radioactive.

Irradiated simply means at some time, it was exposed to radiation.
X-Ray radiation is basically no different than radiation from a campfire or from a light bulb. The only difference is the X-Ray radiation frequency is much higher.

Even radiation from nuclear material doesn't make most things it passes thru radioactive.

The thing that can make something radioactive is if a small piece of the radioactive material gets on something. Only then will whatever it is become radioactive and even then, the contaminated object is not giving off the radiation. It's the piece(s) of radioactive material that gets on it that makes it radioactive.

:applause: :applause: :hatsoff: Yes! Thank you! Lead does not become radioactive when exposed to x-rays. You can use lead that was used as shielding without worrying about radioactivity.

Although I don't want this to turn into a physics class, some material will become radioactive if exposed to some kinds of radiation. For example, bombarding silver with neutrons will make the silver radioactive, however the half life of almost all silver isotopes is under 3 hours, and most actually under 3 minutes. Its a common experiment in college junior physics labs. (But I'm sure you know that, Zonie. )
:grin:

 

[Idaho Ron]

I got ahold of 120lbs of thick sheet lead that came from a doctor's office X-Ray wall and have cast almost all of it. The only thing different about it was the beautiful purple and yellow hues it would turn in the pot. I thought it was kinda strange and asked about it on this and another forum a while ago. Others had seen the same thing but, if I recall, nobody came up with a real solid theory to explain the colors. All I know is that it's the softest lead I have in my inventory, so I use it for MaxiBalls.

Very pure lead when melted will have Blue, gold, green oxidation. Sometimes the bullet will have a blue color to them. It just means the lead was too hot and it is pure. Ron

 

[Scota4570]

And to beat it one more time........

If I expose something to light, it does not become luminous after the light goes out, well normal objects anyway. Some do but it is a different thing going on. Anyway, the light reflects or passes through. The object does not become contaminated by light, absorb the light, or retain residual light only to leak light later.

Folks keep on saying that about the radiation shielding lead. It is ridiculous. It makes one look ignorant to say it, it is not funny. In the above example, does the lead glow after you turn out the light? Of course not. It does however block light. That is what is is doing with the x-rays.

The lead had to be treated as has-mat because the government bureaucrats are waging a war on lead. IMHO it is an anti gun thing. It is a public heath cash cow. Science does not back them up on lead hazards. It just generates money and furthers political agendas and enrich lawyers.

They enacted regulations that force X-ray labs to do things a certain way. If you don't do it, then they also enacted laws to give them the power to punish. You never had a vote and no legislature was involved. They did this with no constitutional authority. It is called administrative law. Bureaucrats can do what ever they want in enacting these laws.

Finally, I know from first had insider knowledge that Condor lead poisoning from bullets is a fabrication. Check out huntfortruth.org. They are 100% scientifically accurate.