Tantalum capacitor scrap

Originally Posted by hills

Mike,



What if you did a test run like 1/2 a pound or a pound. That way you're not out too much if it doesn't pan out ?

Might also look into the feasibility of selling them for recovery of PM's like platinum, palladium, and silver ?

Don't know if it's solid info, but i read somewhere recently that the PM yields could be as high as 2% by weight. That could be a bit more than refining for tantalum recovery.

There are no PM's in Tantalum Capacitor SMD Scrap other then Silver and that equals to exactly 1.3% Ag in Capacitors.

1'000/Kilograms of processing equal 1.3/Kilograms of Ag or in Dollar terms about $650 USD.