Abstract: An alkali metal containing low antimonial content lead alloy characterized by improved ductility for use as an electric storage battery grid or in acidic environments suitably contains from 0.5% to 3.0% Sb, 0.01% to 0.7% As, 0.001% to 0.7% Sn, 0.001% to 0.15% Cu, 0.001% to 0.015% S or 0.001% to 0.05% Se or admixtures thereof and 0.001% to 0.05% of an alkali metal. Battery grids made from the alloy are resistant to electrochemical corrosion, gassing, and grid growth as well as exhibiting improved bend ductility.

Abstract: An electric storage battery grid made from an improved low antimonial content lead alloy is disclosed. The battery grid can be used to manufacture maintenance free lead acid storage batteries. The alloy has an improved combination of low gassing rate and hardness, castability and pasteability and contains less than 2.0%, i.e. approximately 1.3 to 1.9 weight percent antimony, 0.05 to 0.45 percent arsenic and 0.02 to 0.5 weight percent tin as well as small amounts of copper and sulfur.

Abstract: Metallic lead, lead compounds and plastic material are recovered from the remaining inert material in scrap storage batteries by crushing the scrap storage batteries, adding the crushed material to an aqueous suspension of magnetic granular material to separate the inert and plastic material from the metallic lead and lead compounds by suspending in an aqueous magnetic suspension the inert and plastic material but not the metallic lead and lead compounds in said suspension, separating the suspension from said metallic lead and lead compounds, magnetically separating the magnetic granular material from the inert and plastic material and then removing the plastic material from the inert material by floatation in an aqueous media.

Abstract: A positive electrode of a storage battery is formed by applying an electrl charge through a non-aqueous lithium perchlorate solution to an electrode formed of powdered "Madagascar"-type graphite and lithium fluoride.