Do you use makeup in your daily life? Whether you put it on when you go to a party, for a play you’re in, or to complete your Halloween costume, our metal of the month might be of interest for you. Antimony compounds have been used since ancient times: Egyptian women used stibnite, antimony sulphide known as kohl, as a cosmetic to blacken their...

The specific properties of all the metals used by Umciore along with their main active applications.

Applications By far the most important application of lead is in batteries or lead-acid accumulators, in which lead is present in the two electrodes. The anode, or negative electrode, is made of a lead grid, whereas the cathode, or positive electrode, is made of the oxide PbO2; the electrolyte is sulphuric acid. Lead shot is made from lead...