Quote Originally Posted by alloy2 View Post
Each magneto expect a couple of grams, nitric won't touch it, only the base metals go into solution.

Nitric is available, 5 hour drive from home two others chip in for fuel and buy me lunch for picking up some for they're personal use. We try to use it sparingly. Not much platinum used in e-waste mostly palladium, silver and gold. i do not refine palladium but do keep it from the waste stream by cementing it out with copper after the gold and silver have been recovered.
That's pretty kool. I'm not trained for it so i tend to avoid working with chemicals. Besides ... the DEP is pretty powerful here in Maine. The system is complicated with all kinds of rules & regulations. It's especially so when it comes to e-waste. Even a desktop printer is classed as Universal Hazardous Waste.

Things are a bit more laid back in other places.