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Sir. 0. B. Lewis
Ja n u sr y 15 , 19ii-1
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sh ow you t h a t t h e c an p l a o f l o ad i r i u a g t o d b y
Bu r d o L 'l i xcr C o r p o r at ion. i o c 'cc i n d eed l i k e ar Ssjr ^ t ocl m r
r e a c t i o n t n ass. I h e 11o r e t ho^ rkt *>ho M i xer o eo o l a ah o t i l d
do n am ed 3i r o n ply again s
t k i 3 n o t o r i a l vithoufc
tnlriLiv; t h e B a l l o r ec au t i o n s/ ^
,5 v e n t i l a t i o n , c l o t h -
I n y , w Gsh i n g e t c . t h a t n r " '
7 when h an d l i n g co n -
eeu t rat ea t et r aet h y llead .
In ad d it io n to h el& ifl^ t h em ou t , i t n igh t be
j u s t as w e l l i f you n^ l d obfcn:bi M ^ f o r r ao t i o n r o g a r d i n s
t h e so u r ce o f t h e
h s^ ;i o u l ar l y the n at u re
o f t h e c r o b l o n , p fyyi ;u esa 'is* , t h a t t h e M exi can s a r e
r u n n i n g i n t o t ronhiijfe i n t h c i ^ \ s t e m s t i l l s , and ar e
l o o k i n g f o r a i ecl | a| i i asl 3 o l i fi | i o n t o t h e n r oblem o f
k eep i n g t h e l e a d siLhdga i n sj U o en si o n *
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Memorandum t ot Dr. Oaorge Galln-'aert
January 13,
The ampio of n?hn-; xl rrr ;inr>-.Alr;i: 1on load alucie
submitted b y 'ir, 0. U. Lewis (12/ 2 / - .Q ) for the proseneo of tetraethyllead*
en examined X
fair 7-Tr representa:.
.po (.-0*o- .3.} of the
sludge (r, mixture of wator a. <gra~j%&h solid; was extracted
three times with 50-ec port a of ^.^xane Analysis of the
hexene extracts, after i'll tiont / ^ hpxiOd 3* 287 ' > of lead,
corresponding to 3*13
r / i / y f '. by weight,, of the
original sludge sample
The sludge
X
altXrhpxfraction with hexane,
wee filtered, and. wa alpsis of the flit
SitmXi portion of water* .n-
108 g* lead as water soluble
lead compounds*
Steam ells
sludge sample (77 x*
having a ctem ' `
i the remainder of the original
6 > (18fi by weight} of an oil
which had the odor of TEL*
{& r e s u l t ^ indicate conclusively that the sluogo contains rjfnf appreciable amount of fhL, about 12% by weight based on tfcp above bird tests.
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Harold 8oroo3
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