Subdivided lead product

Claim 1

A COLD FORMED ESSENTIALLY LEAD STOCK HAVING HIGH GLOSS SURFACE AND A TENSILE STRENGTH ABOVE 5,000 POUNDS PER SQUARE INCH, SAID STOCK BEING FORMED BY SUBJECTING A LEAD POWDER AS HEREINAFTER DEFINED TO COLD WORKING PRESSURE OF AT LEAST ABOUT 25,000 POUNDS PER SQUARE INCH, SAID POWDER CONSISTING OF PARTICLES HAVING AMORPHOUS IREGULAR SHAPES AND HAVING CHANNELS OR PORES ADMITTING TO THE INTEROR OF SAID PARTICLES, AND FROM 70 TO 95 WEIGHT PERCENT OF THE POWDER BEING RETAINED ON A NO. 200 U.S SCREEN, THE POWDER HAVING A LEAD CONTENT OF AT LEAST ABOUT 98 PERCENT AND UP TO 1.5 PERCENT IMPURITIES, SAID IMPURITIES BEING SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF LEAD CHLORIDE, LEAD CARBONATE, ALKALI METAL CHLORIDE AND LEAD OXIDE, AND BEING ESSENTIALLY FREE OF ORGANOMETALLIC LEAD COMPOUNDS, SAID LEAD POWDER HAVING BEEN PRODUCED BY REACTING AN ALKALI METAL-LEAD ALLOY WITH A ALKYL CHLORIDE TO FORM A PRODUCT MIXTURE INCLUDING UNREACTED LEAD AND AN ALKYLLEAD COMPOUND, THEN SEPARATING FROM THE PRODUCT MIXTURE, IN THE PRESENCE OF AN AQUEOUS PHASE, A SUBSTANTIALLY LEAD POWDER FRACTION, THEN DRYING SAID LEAD POWDER AT A TEMPERATURE BELOW THE MELTING POINT OF THE LEAD AND ABOVE ABOUT 100*C., AND IN THE PRESENCE OF A NONOXIDIZING GAS FOR A SUFFICIENT TIME TO FREE THE LEAD POWDER OF ALKYLLEAD RESIDUES, AND THEREAFTER SCREENING THE SO-DRIED LEAD POWDER.