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« on: August 17, 2012, 03:09:13 pm »
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Heya,

I'm probably in the wrong forum for this, but I wasn't sure where to put it.

Being in the software industry, I have a ton of old computers and parts pass through.  normally I take them down to the Eco station, but I got to thinking, How hard would it be to get the metals out?

Do any of you do this at home?  If so, do you have a website or document that I could browse up on the subject.

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« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2012, 03:19:48 pm »
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The process of removing gold from the fingers of connectors is an easy but specialized one. By easy, I mean physically easy and the equipment is not hard to build or buy.

The hard part is the regulations by the EPA which must be followed and they mostly have to do with the disposal of depleted chemicals used. Also, remelting the gold into useable ingots and assaying it requires you to become a registered gold refinery.

Physically, not hard. Practially, difficult. And no, I am not going to explain the process to anyone here. It's not for casual interest. In fact, it's one of the few things you can't really ferret out on Google. Go ahead. Try it. You'll get some good guesses but you won't find the process. I do know of one place to find it. In a university level chemistry course.

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« Reply #2 on: October 07, 2012, 11:16:20 am »
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It's called Mining, and its complex. Best thing to do is what you did.
I've taken some 'parts' off circuit boards to use elsewhere. That's iffy, since the heat involved is a killer to some devices.
There aint an Ounce of gold in 30 of those old PC's unless your all set up for chemical and Thermo mining.

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