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LI A 16 2 3 5 o' LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION 10 UDOHOTON AVCKUC NSW TOM IT, H t ma pirscsrss SOT PQft lmiCiTIQi XUee X. lollar, Vice President Iagl*Pichc p Salu Oo , Last year it this meeting 1 attanyted briefly to eovor tbs put, present and fator* outlook for load oxides ln the aero important Industries In which tiny art consumed, This year, I her* bm ecadasianed to cow that fame grtsand plus thi white lead plgsont field, Kr remarks will be given with a certain degree eg timidity, particularly with respect to fetore prospects, tor on checkin* upon oertain aspects of previous prognostications I find that some expectations have developed in reverse, Covering tbs sue subject two years in successioa lays one vide open to critical evaluation of one's forecasting ability, but this haaard Z apparently have to take* . The final tonnage figures on load oxides and white lead ln 191(9, u eempared to 19L8, were far froa pleasant reading. Litharge declined from l5L,775 tons to 118,200 tons, or &% Red Lead declined frea 30,78? tons to 25,?00 tone, or 16%, Therefore the consolidated decline of these to lead eeddes ni from o 185,582 tona to lli3,900 tons, aaountlng to LI,662 tons, or 22*h. White lead (dry carbonate and dr/ content in lead in oil plus tbs white lead content in leadod tine oxides) declined free 73,0L6 tons to L2,630 tons, aaounting to 30^386 tons, or 1*2%, Cartlining ltad cxido tonnages with tboee of white lead, thereby fairly covering the expected outlets tor pig load in the load pipeerrt producing industry, we arrive at a figure of 258,606 tons of load pigments shipped is 19uB, u compared to 186,580 tons in 19L9, s decline of 72,028 tons, or nearly 28%, it this tins lut year e knew 19h9 aaloa would be considerably lesa than 19L8, but we did not anticipate a decline aa great as that which actually took place, /gain with respoct to load oxides, the storage battery lmtiatry and pra> rtotri neatly tbo roplaoeaont storage battery business, is the major dstondalnf factor, in 191*9 replacement battery shlpaents aaountod 18,518,000 units u ccsapared to 23,717,000 units in 19LS, Tbo first half of 19L9 only L,873,000 units were shipped but the lut half increased to 13,6L5,000 units, a respoctable 1j > crease and close to that was anticipated this tlao s year ago, Hr, Qreen hu gone into that and tho present and future outlook for tho battery irefastry la detail, which gives you e ouch better understanding of that industry's problems and proapoets than Z could ever hope to. However, u stated bofore, u the storage battery business gees, so coos the lsed caldo business. In 19L9, the storage battery industry oonsvinod 63% of the total load oxides shipped, which was praett* cally Identical to ths 63,5% figure for 19L8. So far this year the morameut of lead audios to storage battory manufacturers hu net ccae up to expectatlone* Another mild winter in the more densely populated regions has oootxlbatod, treat* mPresented at ths 22nd Annual Meeting, Lead Industries Association, April ' v-,ll, 1950, Chicago, Illinois, at ths Panel Uscussion of Lead Consammr*, V f\Vf- mm sue ip#i^mi'PqpPiPHippiPH mmmassmg/m, ? LIA16236 " * <i f ually the exteneloe of atcraga battery life will catch up with itself and total ship* jtbnt* of stara** batterlat for 1950 ebould exceed those of 19li9. Information ready, in* so lndleatoa that there are no excessivo stocks of rc* matarisls or fiaiahed 0J batterlea In the hands of producers* An upswing in eonauaer burin* could be quickly transferred to demands on oxide producers and in turn to the pi* lead producers* As e natter of opinion, for what it is worth, I personally feel that the storage battery industry will v*ry likely require acre lead oxides in 1950 than in 19ii9 and will continue a steadily Increasing requirement for the next several years* With onr 1*0,000,000 vehicles in wore or lees continuous use, new ear production at record peaks, the 0, S. population increasing sore rapidly then anticipated, and the country* laccoo at a high level which I don't believe will aver be alloeed to acre than heeilakt on its way up, by ary political party in power, how can the battery buslnet* do other than inertas it* volume in the forseeahle future. Thus, I look for the a bora** battery business to ebang* tha dawand position on laed favorably, and in the not too distant future. Tbs uae of load oxides 1a the conic fields, fit** vitreous milint, float and pottery, It holding ltt own with on* exception, The Tolas* in these 1 nrtustrios receded la 19li9 as coaptred to 19U8, and the Bales of lead oxide* an w it h ponrtjng'ly affected, but the lover lead price baa reduced tb* eearch for substitute* to eooa extent* The exception referred to it la tbs television flaat butlaaa** Last year I vat hopeful that a substantial portion of telerltloa float porta would lndafiaitely be formulated with lead* This baa not happened* headless flaaa baa nods considerable Inroad and la apparently firing ettiafactory technical and practical r results, Tbare ia of ooure* always the ehano* that there will be e s*lnf beck t* lead telsrlsion flats because of economical or technical considerations* Tb* lesd oxide prodioer* will be ready if and when that occur*, bet there doaon't eeee to be arythlnf specific that i can do to hasten teas alonf* The efforts of tha Lead Industrie* Association in joint research to prenoto the use of red lead in natal protective paints contime*. Several articles have appeared In appropriate trade papers* Red Lead Technical letters, ahowii^ detailed forsnlatlons based on red lead for several exposure environments, have been issued and well received* Several acre are in preparation* One interesting IHTalnjaaent was tha adoption ty the Ssvy Department of a multiple plgaant pricier based on red lead. This Is an alternate with mine chromate paint for use on all weather surfaces in maintenance painting* Tha Navy ia manufacturing large qualities of this ft"*-. Thera have been no outstanding development* In tha color. Insecticide, ell refining or other miscellaneous consuming industries, favorable or unfavorable, since A brief discussion of them a year ago# Nothing was said last year about a falser new lead product consul!* industry, via., vinyl plastics* Lead compounds of many different Compositions have been found to impart varying types of beneficial results to the life or durability of vinyl plastics* The most Important function of lead compounds In vliyl resins, however, ia to react with the HQ acids that viryl resins give off on King, and which. If not taken care of, would emise the plastics to deteriorate much too rapidly* Load products so used are oailed stabilisers. The more Important ones are litharge, Alt* lead and lead alllcatos. They are used in varying amounts, running up to $% oa tha total maight of tha compound. Competition from norvlead product* 1* keen but up to data lead products are increasing in usage. This la a growing stark.t for a groat variety of lead products, end a guess would be that several thousand tons per year are currently being oonsrsaad in the vlryl plastics industry. Regarding whits load pigments, I first of all reread the discussion that took place hare last year. I'm going to try and reduce tff understandir* of the sit uation and problem to aomething more simple. Tha downward trend in whit* load ooo. sumption la obvious to everyone, the previously quoted figures demonstrating. White lead in oil and jaire white lead paint has lost ground irreparably. It will, of ooureo. OMW mrtwumy imp m ) t mt w disappear u long u than are eraftaaen painters left and oonsuaar* whs deeira t % ' the best foolproof kird of a paint Job, bat the chance of those products making a substantial fain in tonnage la, to ay mind, quite laprobable. Hclthar do I believe 1 that such whits lead oonsuaption will ba Mich further reduoed. In other werds, tbs 0 tltuition will probably ran*in fairly rUtla( ! The use of white laad (basic carbonate and basic sulphate) la mixed paint la another mattor. Such tonnage Incraaaod from 1.121 tons In 19l*o to 72,233 in 'l7a decreased to 1:8,152 In *1*9 and to 27,853 tens In 'U9. Ever alnca the advent of TTO? ea a ear--rcial basis, white load haa boon at a daflnlts disadvantage with respect to bldinc or eorwring power coats, Referring to last roar's Hacosa lor regarding voluao coats, if whits laad and TiO? sold on an equal Tolvaoa coat basis (which tiay do not, whito load being sort experviivo), with TiQj haring about 6 times aa ouch hiding power as white laad, no ona could afford to usa white lead, if eovwring powar ) was tha only consideration, fortunately, because of tha noiwwactive chemical charao, terlatlca of TiQ, and tha advantageous chemical properties of white lead, the latter has oot been completely supplanted by tha former, Tha hiding pnwwr qualiilcetioa of white laad which was extreoely Important before the advent of TIOj has baoemm almost non-essential aa auch in present 4tj paint making, Hjmrver, white lead isperts durability quailtie* to paint that are not found with any other pi gaunt, White lead reacts with the acids of 11nscod oil forming lead soaps that giro elasticity, plas ticising and agin; properties to the paint film. Zinc ead.de is likewise a desirable chemically ractive pijpent and s u ms paint aamfacturere boilers that they can gwt along without ary white lead In their top ooata, using tine oxide as tha sole reactive plgaant- This la a very controversial and moot quasticn but we in tha lead pigment business have tha conviction baaed on experience that at loast a substantial Mount of *lte laad In house paints is preferable and will give better overall results. It Mist be rMeal ared, as hr. Knight pointed out lest year, that tha paint manufacturer buys practically all of his rr materials on a weight basis, but sells . house paints, in which white lead is usod, on a veins or gallon basis. Tbs price of white lead reached a poaic price of ?2g per pound In February, 19U9. 71th a lower L prlco for white load today, price changes have bon advantageous to white lead. c o s t cagiaxsoB Kerch. 1913 vs March. 1950 White Lead Zinc (kids TltaniiM Dlatlda Price par Prloo por Pound Gallon Prlco par Price por Pound Gallon Prloo par Prloo per Pound Oalloa Fab, 191$ 20k m^o i5k #7.28 i9k #6.82 Mar. 1950 V4 7*92 n4 5.17 19k 6e#2 Tho solid gallon prloo of white load la now Much closer to the prloe of tlterdsas dioxide - #7,92 vw #6^2, This all to tho good and helps, ffcwwur, tho paint nan's philoeopiy of fwaaulatloc has changed. Twenty odd yoars ago ho trlod to cany as aaeh white load por gallon of paint aa possible, and soft podalod tho extender content. The paint lbiutry has Just been going through and la still la a period of low white load content paints. To change this situation la not an easy teak 11 for no other reason than that tharo has boon satisfaction with tha lothleed contest and loadlosa paints. > W*-W.']UM jji.ii ujiuijis^pwsMpF a m* MWJWM -^iir --a -1 -- . >7^.faw I -4 Today, 1b fsneral, tha fomulater of *d.te laad oontainlot paints starts t. with (boat 152 UUniun dtoxida is tha plpaaotation. , TW_ ascent of titanioa dleaddo rwqulrws aptsrcarlaately 322 of tine oxide. Tfcs aaount of extender or inert evaragea Jit. Thta notes a total of 792. Tba dif-- f.ronc. between 782 and 10Q2 1* 221. If every can of house paint oarriad 221 white lead hf weight In lta plpaont portion, which it doe* not booms* of the Imps quantity of lower land and landless palnta being aanufecturod, the tone of white load aold today would bo considerably greater than thsy are* Tha currant revision of Federal Specification TT-FJ*0 foe* exterior bouse paint rodocoe tha aaount of white load fro* Ult to 3U| tha titaniua oxide contest it upped froa lit! to 161 and the inorta ara upped froa 152 to 26i Suah a paint baa shown food psriontance in vide usago on Ar^y barracks. Our objective should be to nalntain tho white lead content of all bouso paint around >Ql of the plontatioOp and by this I acan white loada containing no losa that 702 lead content. If thla could bo aocoapliahed tho white load (carbonate and sulphate) presently being ooa tuacd would bo aore than doubled. How can this bo deoat Tha Load Industries Association proposes asking the ' paint aarrnfactnrer aoro conoeloua of tho value of white laid in p4 nt, thru sultebla publicity in appropriate trade papers, and presentation of tecteleal paper* before paint production pcrooonol. i close follow-up by lndivldial plgaent prodiccrs can bo expocted. In tho paint industry, there 1* a concentration of house paint produce tion in a relatival/ few plant*. Thus, a bl* goal is present in a United area of work. , The public ha* nevar lost its respect for white lead! Trite lead and Uns~t1 oil ara the two paint ingredients with which it la ao*t faeillur, so our efforts will bo attacking fertile soil. Trie acceptance should bo foatarod to tha boat of our proaotional and financial ability. f i in s:*r wmgmmftm