Talk:Lead chamber process

Role of the lead?

What exactly is the role of the lead metal in this process? Mere containment? Or is it a catalyst? The article isn't clear about that. -- 92.230.211.142 (talk) 20:05, 26 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The original industrial production chambers were made from wood with a sheet lead lining. The lead serves no purpose other than to contain the dilute sulfuric acid and nitrosyl compounds. Later versions of the process used brick lined chambers with active cooling. Norm Reitzel (talk) 14:45, 29 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

"chamber acid" ???

This article refers to "chamber acid". Never heard of this. What molecules make up chamber acid? Chamberium? Containum? Flaskerin? Beakerinole?

Oh, a wiki search says this is "sulfuric acid". So why not just call it that in this article rather than being unnecessarily obscure?

-- DMahalko (talk) 23:38, 27 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Assessment comment

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This was an attempt to flesh out a stub. Any comments are welcome. NReitzel (talk) 21:12, 10 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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