Wood's Alloy - 25 g

Wood's alloy - low-melting metal alloy (melts already at 66.5 ° C), silver-gray, fine-grained, consisting of bismuth, cadmium, lead and tin. It was developed by the American dentist Barnabas Wood and was used in dentistry. Used in jewelry for soldering, in fire fuses as a fuse element, the melting of which interrupts the electrical circuit and triggers an alarm, as a material for shields against X-ray radiation (e.g. in radiotherapy for making individual shields for people) and as a filling for laboratory baths for high temperatures. Wood's alloy contains the following proportions of metals: bismuth 50% lead 25% tin 12.5% cadmium 12.5% Application: Chemical reagent for laboratory, analytical and educational purposes. Technical data: Reagent name: WOOD'S ALLOY (GRANULES) Synonyms: Lipowitz's alloy, Cerrobend, Bendalloy, Pewtalloy, MCP 158 Genre: pure Weight [g]: 25 CAS number: 8049-22-7 Type: other Appearance/form: silver-gray granules Packaging type: plastic jar