ScrappinRed - SMD's & PMD's I would separate, as the smallest PMD package is twice as large as the largest SMD package. Both are made from a sintered solid rectangular tantalum "slug", the rectangular PMD's contain a much greater amount of concentrated tantalum. Some SMD's utilize a Wet Electrolyte (rare, but they do exist). The "bullet's" are actually PMD's, difference the bullets being Axial leaded and bulkier. The rectangular PMD's have a higher capacitance range for their size (more concentrated tantalum) compared to the bullets. The bullet PMD's are going to be much more common and easier for us scrappers to find.
Only RecyclingTantalum can say if they can be combined. So a good question, I'm curious as to prices, are the rectangular PMD's that I have shown and the ones he showed in bulk (post 169/Inserts), the same?
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