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Precious metals in this radio transmitter tube?

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  1. 09-06-2012, 07:13 PM #5
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    Some tubes contain quite a bit of silver, some none at all. None that I know of has any platinum in them. Plus there are a few pounds of #2 copper. The ceramic part may contain beryllium, and should not be broken when dismantling, as the beryllium dust is hazardous.

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