Sorry, I forgot to click Reply so you would be notified. See above.I have thousands of these ceramic boards that were removed from vintage medical telemetry units. Any idea on what to do with them? The gold plated PCBs are not ceramic. Double sided plating.
Great answer. Thank you for that. I won’t process anything until I’m confident I have educated myself enough. I have just been collecting and sorting for a few years and wasn’t sure what I had here. Thanks again.I had similar boards from Motorola equipment, and I found that the traces were Pt (at least in my case). I haven't processed the IC's yet, so I don't have any yield data. I believe the MLCC's are also non-magnetic type.
I soaked mine in Hydrochloric long enough to remove the solder and for most of the SMD's to fall off.... I had to pick off the rest of the SMD's to have clean enough boards to process. I had to AR them for a while until the solder mask slips off, exposing the rest of the traces.
I doubt the sub-straight is Be, but I wouldn't take any chances. So don't grind them up. Again.... I don't know if yours is Pt/Pd or not, so I would just process one of each and do a stannous test.
In case you don't know... PGM's, when they are in solution are very toxic and protections need to be in place.
If you decide to test them, let us know the results.
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Great answer. Thank you for that. I won’t process anything until I’m confident I have educated myself enough. I have just been collecting and sorting for a few years and wasn’t sure what I had here. Thanks again.
Any way to process them? Because there are these, then there are the ones that are covered in resin or something as is common on Fanuc boards. But short of a burn / crush / smelt, I don't know how to process them.Those boards are really really good.......
Agreed Sno. They go to a refinery, far too much hassle to do at home. When I say they are good I mean they are really good.Any way to process them? Because there are these, then there are the ones that are covered in resin or something as is common on Fanuc boards. But short of a burn / crush / smelt, I don't know how to process them.
Good in terms of chips, or good in terms of boards? They are pretty lightweight, and usually have Pd/Ag or Au screen printed on.Agreed Sno. They go to a refinery, far too much hassle to do at home. When I say they are good I mean they are really good.
About 2.5kg on the gold plated green boards. Quick estimation on the ceramics around 4-5kgWhat kind of weight do you have of these boards Jon?
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