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goldsilverpro said:TO5s. Kovar. Try hot 40%, by volume, HNO3. When the kovar is gone, use AR. Some of these have a gel-like material in them. I haven't processed those but I think some members have.
g_axelsson said:Found this post from Chris http://www.goldrefiningforum.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=5535&p=47531&hilit=gold+transistors#p47531
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g_axelsson said:Found this post from Chris http://www.goldrefiningforum.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=5535&p=47531&hilit=gold+transistors#p47531
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goldsilverpro said:Looking a little more closely, some of those may not have any gold on them, although it may be the photo. Generally, if you can't see any gold on the outside, there is likely no gold on the inside - check them. During my time in this business, I've seen them go from (1) everything gold plated to (2) everything but the top hat gold plated to (3) nothing gold plated, with a few other steps in between. The real old fully plated ones are often coated with black paint.
The smaller top hats are TO18s, I believe.
goldsilverpro said:Great idea, Topher. That very well could be the best way to run them.
snoman701 said:If the "header" is the base, i have no clue what it is made out of. There is a pretty big variety in these parts. Some have a stamped base filled with adhesive, some have the hermetic seal as you describe...I think that some are actually built in reverse, where the silicon chip is actually mounted to the hat, then the bottom filled.
The picture that I posted, if you look close enough, shows that the edges of the transistor were eaten away, while the cap was mostly untouched. I may be able to show a better picture if I can figure out how to crop. It is just a transistor though, a hermetic seal is not always necessary I don't think, as I'm almost positive I have composite structures that just have a top that is glued in to place.
Either way, I don't think that my method is practical for more than a hundred or so...I much prefer the idea of just eating the entire thing up.
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