Ever wonder why plumbers are paid so much? Peek into the world of pipe fittings

Re:Ever wonder why plumbers are paid so much? Peek into the ... by jaggederest on Sunday November 27, 2022 @01:55PM (#33765497)

Yes I've found it's very frustrating looking for "genuinely zero lead" brass and bronze. Almost all scrap has lead in it to some degree, and even new metal often has a trace.

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Re:Ever wonder why plumbers are paid so much? Peek into the ... by TEP_Kim_Il_Sung on Sunday November 27, 2022 @02:43PM (#33766012)

Remove about 82% of lead from bronze using this one weird trick!

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/250155103_Removal_o...

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Re:Ever wonder why plumbers are paid so much? Peek into the ... by Scoundreller on Sunday November 27, 2022 @03:12PM (#33766337)

I was hoping for something involving a particle accelerator and making gold.

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Re:Ever wonder why plumbers are paid so much? Peek into the ... by jaggederest on Monday November 28, 2022 @05:22AM (#33771830)

Neat, this dovetails with another interest of mine, pottery. NaF is "sodium feldspar" and Ca-Si compounds are "wollastonite" among others. Both useful as fluxes in metal casting, in addition to their pottery uses.

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Re:Ever wonder why plumbers are paid so much? Peek into the ... by mildchalupa on Sunday November 27, 2022 @07:47PM (#33768587)

Lead free brass is still 0.2% or less. Mitsubishi makes it. "Eco brass".

I'm not sure it's brass anymore without the lead.

Why does it seem that the better a material works the worse it is for humans.

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