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