"Many hunters believe lead is the best metal to be used for hunting, " he said.
The initial impact was weakness, with lead the only base metal finding improved demand, likely supported by the immediate need for batteries.
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Yes that's right, the base metal element lead, Pb, or more exactly the lead-based chemical compound Pb(CH2CH3)4 added to petrol to make car engines run more smoothly.
The origins of the pencil date to the ancient Romans, who used to write with a device known as a stylus--a metal stick, usually lead, which was used to scratch words onto papyrus.
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It would appear that being hit with a lead pipe is not the only way the metal can damage your brain.
He admitted the town hall metal theft on 3 May and taking lead from the roofs of Hawick Conservative Club and another property in North Bridge Street.
Some have said a stand-off would lead to further safe-haven buying of the metal, as occurred during a protracted dispute on how to deal with other fiscal measures late in the summer of 2011 when gold ran to its record high.
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Its original nickel-metal-hydride battery packs have been replaced with lead acid batteries to extend the distance the car can travel on electricity.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources followed with its own study, which found that when lead bullets explode inside an animal, imperceptible particles of the metal can infect meat up to a foot and a half away from the bullet wound -- farther than previously thought.
Under U.S. antidumping law, Dow Corning and all other consumers of silicon metal were forbidden from participating formally in the proceedings that lead to the imposition of the duties.
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The amount of lead in the enviroment has dropped massively since 1980, as the metal has been banned from petrol, paint, piping and almost all other uses where any alternative exists.
Heavy-metal contamination in China's soil also includes high amounts of lead and arsenic.
The figure was found last February by metal detector enthusiasts last in Burrington, North Somerset, near the Roman lead mines on the Mendip Hills.
Metal detectors have been used on the site, turning up large quantities of lead, while other finds included high quality Samian ware pottery, made France, and exported all over the Roman Empire.
Dr Dishon said the metal theft was a "uniquely English problem because our Medieval churches were roofed in lead".
For those he used lead white, a traditional oil pigment he reckoned would show up in an x-ray due to the heavy metal content.
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