Originally Posted by
brandon
^^^ thats copper
Its 'tinned' brass, I think. I do see yellow brass heatsinks occasionally, mostly over electric motor driver chips.
Those heatsinks above ^ often have a couple of iron wires pressed into them to solder them to the board.
The motor driver chip brass heatsinks are normally soldered to the board & come from 70's Tv's. They may also protect everything else on the board from the EMF (electromagnetic field/force) the chips may make as they cover the whole chip.
A interesting distraction when scrapping.
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