Lead: Statistics and Information (鉛的統計與資訊, 美國地質調查局提供) http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/lead/
By the early 2000's, the total demand for lead in all types of lead-acid storage batteries represented 88% of apparent U.S. lead consumption. 在西元 2000 年左右, 鉛大部分用於製造鉛酸電池, 這佔了美國鉛使用量的 88%.
Other significant uses included ammunition (3%), oxides in glass and ceramics (3%), casting metals (2%), and sheet lead (1%). 其他重要用途包括鑄造槍彈彈頭 (3%), 含鉛玻璃與陶瓷*1 (3%), 金屬鑄造*2 (2%), 以及鉛板*3 (1%).
The remainder was consumed in solders, bearing metals, brass and bronze billets, covering for cable, caulking lead, and extruded products. 剩下的用於焊料, 金屬軸承, 黃銅磚與青銅磚的鑄造, 纜線包覆, 鉛封與擠壓成型製品.
*3 -- CT , 機場港口安檢 -- 擋 X 光必備. THE VERSATILITY OF SHEET LEAD AND ITS USES http://www.marshield.com/page/2/22/ *************************************************
取代鉛的金屬還是有毒. 舉三個例子銻(Sb)銀(Ag)與錫(Sn).
Antimony and health http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/310/6989/1216 Silver -Toxicity and Silver Poisoning http://www.silvermedicine.org/safety2.html Toxicity of tin and its compounds. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3291572