diabetes tests flips

[arthur kierski]

this flips are made of a white plastic and in its tips there are two metalic foils (pd)-- and inside the plastic there is a fine pd wire that leads to the small machine that measure the diabetes----they are produced by roche labs-----it is said that a kilo of these flips have more then 15grams of pd-----they are made also with gold--
does any member have any information of these flips?
thanks for any information
Arthur

 

[Jason1]

do they look like the OneTouch Ultra strips?

 

[arthur kierski]

Jason, it is exactly like the foto you showed----they are unused because there was some kind of problem in the manufacture---
regards and thanks
Arthur
i may receive 6pallets of this material

 

[Jason1]

Jason, it is exactly like the foto you showed---

I have a few small boxes of them I'm saving up ( I've yet to get around to Pt/Pd refining).

I think this thread might help you
http://goldrefiningforum.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=12613&p=126048&hilit=diabetes#p126048

(Its mostly about Gold, but it might help you a little until someone else with more knowledge comments)

 

[arthur kierski]

Jason,i did some initial work in these strips---boiled it for half an hour ,some flips became visible(the metallic traces)--others did not -----any how i leached with ar and the result(preminilary) tested with dmg did not give yellow pd----the solution is strong yellow and with stannous became yellow then green--PD? i am thinking of pt-----monday i will continue this experiment
regards,
Arthur

 

[Alquimi]

Hello Forum members;

I'm reading the article and nobody got any positive results effectively.

I have the roche flips: with gold and the other? What is done? Pd, Ag?

I started incinerating 1 Kg After burning weighed 231g.

Made by leaching with AR 1h30min, tested with stannous chloride, and negative.

I burned the dust again, and again digested with AR and added sulfuric.

And tested negative again.

Put the powder into the furnace and then hydrochloric acid as PdO suspected, but negative again.

What else can be done?

Does it have the same Pd? Or Ag?

I begin to suspect that it is not and neither metals.

TKS.

 

[Marcel]

Could it be carbon-based?
Did your solutions show any color at all?

 

[arthur kierski]

i did not get any results (positive)---so i did not continue the experiments
regards
Arthur

 

[Alquimi]

Marcel;

Sorry, I missed your question.


Thanks Arthur,

For answer, really I am almost convinced that it is not precious metal.

TKS.