Long Shot
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OK, I'm probably going to get lectured about searching previous posts but where does one find Rhodium in scrap material?
I only find patent applications for rhodium oxide in resistors. Do you have any example of an actual product?Rougemillenial said:search Rhodium resistor. seriously! Some thin film resistors contain Rhodium Oxide instead of Ruthenium oxide
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=thin+film+resistor+rhodium+oxide&atb=v55-7_a&ia=web
I have read about bearings in jet engines being Rhodium.Lou said:I usually see it in Type B, S thermocouples, rocket nozzles, nitric acid catalysts. Jet engines also have temperature feed throughs made of 80Pt20Rh.
The rocket nozzles are my favorite.
Unless you had metric tons of material it's not worth it.goldsilverpro said:If anyone wants to go through the extreme unprofitable hassle to recover the rhodium from jewelry, I would estimate its value to be quite low, about 3 cents per sq.in. of plated area. Thin film is just what it says it is - THIN films of PMs (usually) evaporated onto an alumina substrate (usually). Ditto on the values.
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