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Lead melts at a low temp of only 158F - wrong Lead melts at a much higher temp of 621.43F. Otherwise old copper Plumbing on boiler pipes would come apart. The old joints were soldered with mostly high percent lead. Water in boiler pipes can get as high as 180F to 200F.

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