Applications and benefits of Lead Nitrate
Lead Nitrate is used as oxidation promoter in sulfide minerals, avoiding ore passivation.
Mineral leaching
- Reduces cyanide use.
- Combats the cyanicide effect of minerals such as sulfides.
Merril Crowe
- Improves precipitate speed in precious metals.
- Prevents zinc passivation.
Pyrotechnics
- Upon heating, it breaks down into lead oxide (II), creating a noise or crackle better known as crepitation, a property used in pyrotechnics.
