Pentium Pro contains tungsten plate?

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Renaldas

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Is it right that Pentium Pro has a tungsten plate under the golden foil with Pentium Pro sign?
 
Renaldas said:
Is it right that Pentium Pro has a tungsten plate under the golden foil with Pentium Pro sign?

It's actually a tungsten copper alloy.

Steve
 
lazersteve said:
Renaldas said:
Is it right that Pentium Pro has a tungsten plate under the golden foil with Pentium Pro sign?

It's actually a tungsten copper alloy.

Steve

Pentium Pro is the only one CPU containing plate with tungsten alloy, or there are other CPU also?
 
Most of the 'gold topped' cpus have this alloy of tungsten and copper as the heat spreader material that is brazed to the top of the cpu.

Steve
 
lazersteve said:
Most of the 'gold topped' cpus have this alloy of tungsten and copper as the heat spreader material that is brazed to the top of the cpu.

Steve

Dont you know the contents of this alloy?
 
It's mostly W (tungsten) you can research the alloy content on Intel's website.

Steve
 
lazersteve said:
It's mostly W (tungsten) you can research the alloy content on Intel's website.

Steve

Tungsten also have some commercial value, so, I think, it is quite wise not to discard this plates. What do you think?
 
DNIndustry said:
Its actually a pressed powder 60% Tungsten 40% copper

Do you mean sintered ?
I find it hard to believe... sintered material is brittle. I did not encountered cpu's heat spreader/sink that broke rather than bent when applying force on it.

I'm no expert, but i can't see how sintered heat sink will fulfill it's task better then a full solid metal...
Edit: Please correct me if I'm wrong
 
I have the same question Butcher does, can it then be used in a cell as an anode. I got hold of 2 pentium Pro's; I would like to extract cu from the cu nitrate
& use the "cleaner" solution for a silver cell.

I also have tungsten/carbide, would that work?

Phil
 
I sold mine a couple of mos. ago @:
Carbide Recycling Co.
Sandy Foss, Purchasing Manager
1917 Best Drive
Walled Lake, MI 48390
(800) 526-3505 or (248) 926-5570
Fax: (248) 926-5578

I received a letter from her on the first of this month that the price for clean W was up to $11.00/#; $9.00/# for "dirty".

Phil
 

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