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    Integrated Circuit Chips on RAM Memory worth it?

    Ive got about 5 lbs of IC chips off of ram memory I might throw in an smelting Kiln, does anybody know if it is worth it?



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    Why did you remove the chips from the gold ram??

    You could have sold the complete ram to a buyer here for $18.75 a pound.
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    If you have removed the IC chips off the memory sticks then its probably cost you some $ if you could have sold them whole to a escrap buyer.

    The $ value that they see is more than what we see, theres Silver & Tin in the solder & Copper tracks inside the fibreglass & even that waste fibreglass can get them $ as a flux/cap in Steel furnaces ( i read somewhere )

    But if you have a furnace kiln.
    You could do 'Patnors method' ( Gold refining forum ) & roast all of them till the plastics carbon dust, sieve it to remove the chip dies & then Gold pan it to get the Gold, & maybe Silver wires.

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    Yeah Eesakiwi im just going to toss them in my kiln melt them down

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    sounds like a topic for the gold refiner forums.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PartTimeScrapper View Post
    sounds like a topic for the gold refiner forums.
    Sorta, i think that anything past that is definitely GRF territory though.

    Its not really "refining" & its not much different from plain Gold panning & doesn't involve chemicals in any way so its on the SMF side of the SMF - GRF border.

    I'm not in favour of refining, or using any chemicals in any way at all.
    I have been there a long time ago & its quite very dangerous.
    Its got a huge setup co$t, its very time involving with invasive ongoing co$t$. Low return even when experience is gained, at a large co$t too and the result has to be then made into a tradable form, independantly tested in a proper Laboratory assay testing house.
    And then sold.
    Its a lot lot easier to just process the escrap into its grades, sell it & buy a standardized Gold coin with a known value.

    Patnors method gets you Gold wires ( & probably Silver wires mixed in with them, maybe not ) out of a few Lbs of IC chips at home without much danger.
    Enough to put into a tiny glass vial as a display or such demonstration.
    Even melting those into a ball would be difficult without spending all of the return in a crucible.

    Its not much different from collecting Silver electrical contacts & thats possibly more dangerous if the person is melting the solder backing to get the contacts off.
    The reason?
    I will write here because its a Safety Issue & not to be ignored.

    Since the Solders quite possibly got Cadmium mixed with Silver and Cadmium is volatile & will evaporate with the heat & cool down in the air & get breathed in and/or settle out & its quite poisonous if inhaled or in skin contact.

    I'm just using this opportunity to remind anybody who might be thinking of doing this.

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