autumnwillow
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How does one get affected with lead poisoning during refining?
My brother went to a local refiner to process polishing wastes about 2 weeks ago. The refiner incinerates in a closed area with scrubber. Grinds and mixes the flux, they use litharge in the flux then they melt this with a large torch in a big clay crucible in an open area. Could this be a probable cause for lead poisoning? He is currently in the hospital and some of the symptoms(according to google) is accordingly with lead poisoning.
I do not process polishing wastes yet so I denied the job and told him to wait until I get a bigger place to do it but even so I think he needed the cash to flow.
I've been to the same refiner years ago until I started my own. They are not very knowledgeable people in refining. I've heard that one of their employees died. They melted AgCl directly with their large torch in a crucible on an open area. One of my earlier posts here refers to them. My last visit to them amounted to about 30% loss and their reason was small Palladium content, which we all know dissolves in nitric. Their process btw is only inquartation and repeated digest in nitric. No AR involved.
My brother went to a local refiner to process polishing wastes about 2 weeks ago. The refiner incinerates in a closed area with scrubber. Grinds and mixes the flux, they use litharge in the flux then they melt this with a large torch in a big clay crucible in an open area. Could this be a probable cause for lead poisoning? He is currently in the hospital and some of the symptoms(according to google) is accordingly with lead poisoning.
I do not process polishing wastes yet so I denied the job and told him to wait until I get a bigger place to do it but even so I think he needed the cash to flow.
I've been to the same refiner years ago until I started my own. They are not very knowledgeable people in refining. I've heard that one of their employees died. They melted AgCl directly with their large torch in a crucible on an open area. One of my earlier posts here refers to them. My last visit to them amounted to about 30% loss and their reason was small Palladium content, which we all know dissolves in nitric. Their process btw is only inquartation and repeated digest in nitric. No AR involved.