[bigtonyicu]

Hi everyone,

I’ve been trying to think of a feasible way of producing Lead nitrate with a minimum of equipment. This seems to be doable, I know the first stage filtration could be problematic (might need vacuum filtration) but the rest look good, any thoughts?

Ca(NO3)2 + CuSO4 = Cu(NO3)2 + CaSO4
Cu(NO3)2 + Pb = PbNO3 + Cu

Any feed back would be appreciated.

Thank Tony

[Angelant99]

When in doubt, i wiki for possibilities 
From wiki:
Lead(II) nitrate does not occur naturally. The compound can be obtained by dissolving metallic lead in aqueous nitric acid:[7][11]

    3 Pb (s) + 8 H+ (aq) + 2 NO−3 (aq) → 3 Pb2+ (aq) + 2 NO (g) + 4 H2O (l)

More commonly, lead(II) nitrate is obtained by dissolving lead(II) oxide, which is readily available as a mineral, in aqueous nitric acid:[7]

    PbO (s) + 2 H+ (aq) → Pb2+ (aq) + H2O (l)

In either case, since the solvent is concentrated nitric acid (in which lead(II) nitrate has very low solubility) and the resulting solution contains nitrate ions, anhydrous crystals of lead(II) nitrate spontaneously form:[11]

    Pb2+ + 2 O−3 → Pb(NO3)2 (s)



Hope that's useful

[bigtonyicu]

I'm Trying to avoid using HNO3, PbO in next to impossible to find and much more expensive the Pb.