Tin replaces lead
in automobile steel
A new leadfree alloy is cheaper
and easier to recycle than the conventional steel used to make some
automobile parts.
References:
1999. Researchers develop "green" steel. University of Pittsburgh
Press Release. Available at http://www.newswise.com/articles/1999/6/LEADFREE.PIT.html.
Further Readings:
1994. Country kids: No letup from lead. Science News 146(July
30):79.
Bower, B. 1996. Excess lead linked to boys' delinquency. Science
News 149(Feb. 10):86.
Fackelmann, K.A. 1996. Hypertension's
lead connection. Science News 149(June 15):382.
Lipkin, R. 1994. Why steel can go snap, crackle, and pop. Science
News 146(July 23):53.
Raloff, J. 1995. Another source of lead in kids. Science News
148(Nov. 25):365.
______. 1995. Fuming over stainless steel. Science News 147(April
29):271.
Sources:
Greg Crawford
Steel Recycling Institute
680 Andersen Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15220-2700
Web site: http://www.recycle-steel.org/index2.html
Anthony J. DeArdo
University of Pittsburgh
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Benedum Hall
3700 O'Hara Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Web site: http://www.engrng.pitt.edu/~msewww/deardo.htm
C. Isaac Garcia
University of Pittsburgh
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Benedum Hall
3700 O'Hara Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Web site: http://www.engrng.pitt.edu/~msewww/garcia.htm
Bob Squier
Curtis Screw Company, Inc.
1130 Niagara Street
Buffalo, NY 14213-1793
Web site: http://www.curtisscrew.com/
From Science
News, Vol. 155, No. 26, June 26, 1999, p. 406.
Copyright © 1999, Science Service.
