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    Quote Originally Posted by NobleMetalWorks View Post
    I'm fairly sure that is what happened. When I asked him point blank what type of catalytic material it was, because I have never seen all those metals present in one type of material before, he just answered that the came from various sources but that it shouldn't matter. He purchased a giant induction furnace that he claims he can stand it, that cost him well over a million, and then went further to name so huge industrial incinerator that he could drive a forklift into it was so huge, at the time I thought it was just talk, and I have heard in this business a lot of that. But now that I think about it, he did say he threw 200+ lbs of ceramic CPUs into his induction furnace just to see what would happen, and I think now he really did. He has more money than he knows what to do with, and likes hoarding industrial equipment. I think he incinerated lots of things and threw them all together.

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    I would think for that kind of $$$ the furnace would be outfitted with after burners and a bag house to meet EPA specs. I really don't think that he purchased that equipment on a whim.



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    Quote Originally Posted by NobleMetalWorks View Post
    I have read Hoke, and Ammen, and Wise, and Habashi, and Chapmen, and and and...

    I read everyday about this, right now I am working my way through "The Handbook of Extractive Metallurgy" Out of print, you cannot buy it anywhere but it's probably the single most authoritative volume set of books on extractive metallurgy in the world. Over 280 professionals have contributed and it was edited by Habashi. I have been fortunate enough to have had email conversations with him. He's like the rock start of extractive metallurgy. If you want the 4 book PDF files, send me your email address and I'll send you a link from my dropbox you can grab them from.

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