Unidentified metal in CRTs

Yesterday, I broke down my first two CRTs. Needless to say, I ended up with a good bit of copper, aluminum, and steel scrap. However, There were some other metal parts that I couldn't quite identify. They appear to be some type of cast alloy, and they do contain some iron (my magnet was very attracted to it). I'm wanting to say that it is cast iron, but I've never seen cast iron that is so dark in color. Two were attached to the plastic framework that held the copper around the CRT tube, and the rest were scattered throughout the monitor with wiring looped through them. I'd attach a photo, but I'm having difficulty finding out exactly how to do that on this forum.

Can anybody fill me in on exactly what I have here?

Be careful when hitting the ferrite with a hammer. You will notice sparks, you will smell the ferrite "burning", (yes off of just a couple hits with a hammer). And, in some instances, if you hit it just right it fragments in kind of an "explosion" and will in fact burn the crap out of whatever it touches.

Originally Posted by TheHoss

Be careful when hitting the ferrite with a hammer. You will notice sparks, you will smell the ferrite "burning", (yes off of just a couple hits with a hammer). And, in some instances, if you hit it just right it fragments in kind of an "explosion" and will in fact burn the crap out of whatever it touches.

Thanks. I'll keep that in mind. However, that does make me wonder how a piece of ferrite would react to an impact from 180 grains of copper jacketed lead travelling at about 1200 FPS.

i read in some thread that ferrite, was about as pure iron as it gets, hence the Fe in Iron, and brought a better price at some yards if separated. I've since been separating mine, but have yet to test that theory at the local yards

Originally Posted by Bamcis

Thanks. I'll keep that in mind. However, that does make me wonder how a piece of ferrite would react to an impact from 180 grains of copper jacketed lead travelling at about 1200 FPS.

In my exp 158gr @ 1190fps just shatters ferrite into little bits, and its easy to clean up with a few magnets. However,that makes me wonder what you got that flings lead that big and fast?? (bet a dollar on a .45...and as a random guess a 1911?)