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Not that I know of, there is a certain type of capacitor that has a little smidge of palladium in it but nothing in the transistors.
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we remove the socketed style and remove from lower grade boards using a small hammer and chisel. We are currently getting 5.75 - 6.00 per pound on these but it does take awhile to get a pound
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Could you use two metal tubes to 'cookie cut' the chip out?
Theres no buyers of circuit boards around here.
Just thought I'd cut that bit out & fill a box with them & save them up..
use a flathead screwdriver, lay it paralel to the ic a sif you were tring to get under it, and gently tap with a hammer
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Still confused on what are on boards, but I guess I have a board that has what looks like gold transistors, it came from a 60's-70's model school record player. Is it possable that it is gold? What do y'all think?
The numbers on one of them is M112 4099A
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It's kinda hard to tell just from the pic but offhand I'd say it's straight brass, you might take an awl and make a scratch on one to see what color is under the surface.
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Thanks Mechanic, I scratched it and it looks like copper underneath. I will go outside tomorrow, if we get sunlight, and see if that will give me a better view.
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Scrapdollar, those are mostly all transistors. An Integrated Circuit or IC chip is essentially a lot of that stuff on those boards squished into an IC chip.
sometimes the 3 legged transistors in the second pic have gold legs on them, I came across a few the other day in some vintage stereos.
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It don't matter to the refiners, gold is gold, they don't care where it came from.sometimes the 3 legged transistors in the second pic have gold legs on them, I came across a few the other day in some vintage stereos.
Those are not IC chips. Accept the one in the middle. Those are Transistors.
If you need to identify stuff on a board check this site.
http://www.uchobby.com/index.php/200...ic-components/
I'm glad someone else asked about these, as I have been saving the transistors and eproms as well. I had heard that they were going for $4+ a pound, but then couldn't find anymore info on it. I don't have many, but it's a start. Also, the ones that are soldered on, I also take a small flat head screwdriver and push it under one end of the transistor and pry upwards, they usually peel right off. Thanks for the info guys.
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When I was a kid I used to like to fool around making circuits using the components I salvaged off broken electronics. Getting the components of with a soldering iron took too long so I tried out different alternative methods. I found that a twist knot wire wheel brush attached to an electric motor could be used to depopulate a board very quickly. It grids of the solder without damaging the components. Now that I've been reading about this stuff I realize that I probably shouldn't have done that without taking some precautions against the dust I was producing.
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