The anodic corrosion of pure lead and lead alloys in zinc sulfate electrolyte was studied to clarify anodic behaviors of lead surface by measuring anode potential, weight loss, etc.
The results were as follows. It was found that weight loss was closely related to the anode potential and increased with increasing anodic potential. The length of sulfation time of pure lead and lead alloys was approximately proportional to the weight loss. Lead-silver, lead-calcium and lead-tellurium were superior to pure lead. On the other hand, lead-arsenic and lead-antimony were inferior to pure lead.