Gold Ribbon Cables?

[AuMINIMayhem]

You likely know that nitric, being an oxidizer, can create some interesting compounds when you start experimenting. Some of them are quite unstable (nitroglycerine, for example), so, speaking for myself, I'd be very cautions about what you mix with what. Some of the commonly used compounds are dangerous----silvering for mirrors, for example. When dried, it is quite explosive. Harold

yep.. that's why I haven't toyed with nitric yet, til I get a grasp of what's going on and what compunds I'm working with.. another thing that can accidentally be made is Ammonium Nitrate (think Oklahoma City/McVeigh).. not good..

Honestly, I wish I had my hands on a mass spectrometer.. I could run all sorts of material through something like that and give people a VERY precise analysis of what they have ..(hmmm.. wonder if that would be an easier method for assaying?.. crap.. did I say that out loud??!? :shock: :wink: ) Of course, that's BIG money.. real big money...

oooohhhh.... hubba hubba.. http://cgi.ebay.com/Waters-Micromas...ryZ67038QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem
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[Charlena]

Between you and I we should be able to pick up one of those babies no prob!

83,000000000000000000
dollars is nuttin!

Dam it must be nice eh? lol

 

[badastro]

I think the brown plastic on the ribbon cables are made of kapton plastic.

Anyways, those inkjet cartridges are worth more money intact than what gold they have. They are worth anywhere from $0-$10 with $1-$5 being typical.

Here are some links for more info:

http://www.thinkrecycle.com/
http://www.tonerbuyer.com/index.html

:shock:

 

[malfeces]

I have found that with these flat wires where the ink cartridge meets the printer, AP pulls off the gold dots quite well. And yes....you need a LOOOOOAAAAADDDDD of them to make some reasonable gold values but it all adds up right? As long as you are not paying for them. I think this pic has the part you are talking about. I make sure to trim away as much as I can around the gold dots.

 

[Grelko]

I have found that with these flat wires where the ink cartridge meets the printer, AP pulls off the gold dots quite well. And yes....you need a LOOOOOAAAAADDDDD of them to make some reasonable gold values but it all adds up right? As long as you are not paying for them. I think this pic has the part you are talking about. I make sure to trim away as much as I can around the gold dots.

This is from 2007, But I tend to "bump" old topics when it's regarding the same thing also from time to time.

The way I'll be doing mine is, clip off just the gold parts at the end of the ribbon, incinerate, then rinse the powder, toss the flakes or small bead into AP to remove any base metals "I don't have nitric", then into HCL/CL and filter it out. The piece that is in your picture, I'd incinerate along with the cable ends after removing the heavy plastic. The ones from the ink cartridges, I take a razor and scrape off, then add those to the batch also. No need to mess with the heavy plastic/ink.

It's basically the same way as processing chips. Except I don't think you'd have to pan out what's left from the ribbons? (If I missed something, please let me know)