very thick gold platig pins from aircrafts eletronics

[arthur kierski]

have any idea of how much yeald of gold in very thick gold pins from aircraft eletronic?--i have now 800grams of these pins--but soon i will have at least at least 10kilos

 

[adam mizer]

My guess is from just over 4 grams a kilo.
No picture was given but just because you said they are from aircraft.

 

[Martijn]

have any idea of how much yeald of gold in very thick gold pins from aircraft eletronic?--i have now 800grams of these pins--but soon i will have at least at least 10kilos

How thick are the pins? Solid ones or thin?

 

[eaglekeeper]

It all depends on the size of the pins (I assume Deutsch connector pins?). The smaller the pins, the more pins in a Kilo. The last batch I did was kind of a mixture and if I remember right, I got 3.5 grams. I used a stripping cell, so it doesn't always strip the gold out of the inside of the female pins. That batch wasn't magnetic, so those pins were used in the stock pot.... any remaining gold on the pins was recovered later.

Most of my pins still had the stainless-steel sleeves and locking collars attached, so I had to remove those before I put them through the cell.... that was hard on the fingers. I just couldn't justify using that much nitric to dissolve away all the base metals when the stripping cell was quick and easy. Plus, that left me clean material for the stock pot.

 

[nickvc]

I have always thought that any silver plated copper should be used for cementation of silver solutions so the gold plated copper alloys seem a natural for the stock pot even if stripped as any remaining values will be recovered for free.

 

[arthur kierski]

How thick are the pins? Solid ones or thin?

they are very solid.

 

[Martijn]

Well, as eaglekeeper said.

The smaller the pins, the more pins in a Kilo.

That 800 grams can still yield 3 or more grams of gold.
Only way to really find out is to strip them.
A picture of the pins with the actual yield you get from them would help others in estimating their pins.

 

[kurtak]

have any idea of how much yeald of gold in very thick gold pins

In my experience "heavy" plated pins can run anywhere from 6.6 grams to 11 grams per kilo

Kurt

 

[4metals]

It also makes a huge difference if the declaration of "heavy" was derived from actual measurement or from a sellers opinion. (not a biased opinion of course)

 

[arthur kierski]

In my experience "heavy" plated pins can run anywhere from 6.6 grams to 11 grams per kilo

Kurt

thanks for your information Kurt--the conectors are made in germany and produced in the year 1974. tomorrow i will tell you the yeld that i obtained.regards Arthur Kierski.

 

[arthur kierski]

My guess is from just over 4 grams a kilo.
No picture was given but just because you said they are from aircraft.

thanks Adam mizer--soon i will tell my yealds-just to you have an idea(and other members),each conector weights 15grams and the heavy pins inside it,weights 8grams.

 

[arthur kierski]

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4metals,by heavy i meant that a conector of 15 grams,have inside a pin in the form of a star weighting 8grams(it looks like 6 thick pins soldered to form a star)

 

[Alondro]

1974 manufacturing from Germany, for aircraft electronics? Yeah, those could be REALLY good. I have some German circuit boards from a piece of science equipment made in the late 1980's and even the circuit traces have gold plating thick enough that the foils come off intact.

 

[moose7802]

It also makes a huge difference if the declaration of "heavy" was derived from actual measurement or from a sellers opinion. (not a biased opinion of course)

4Metals, I see you are still around! It’s been awhile for me but glad to see the hobby is still growing and you guys are giving the new guys a hand and advice. I have just been collecting materials the last 4-5 years as I can’t get the chemicals I want here and I’m not going to pay astronomical prices. However I finally got enough foils that I can do a small batch with HCl and bleach. Sorry not trying to high jack this thread just wanted to say hello!

 

[anarxi]

The solid dimensions of the connectors indicate the solid currents that they pass through themselves.
And where there are large currents, gold is not particularly needed.
It may turn out to be ordinary beryllium bronze.

 

[arthur kierski]

The solid dimensions of the connectors indicate the solid currents that they pass through themselves.
And where there are large currents, gold is not particularly needed.
It may turn out to be ordinary beryllium bronze.

I will tell you soon if it is gold or ordinary beryllium bronzeBy the way,these conectors are numbered and the price of one 15grams of these conectors is 1500dollars.It is ,i think too expensive to be beryllium bronze.The number of these conectorsis: V774--you can check it.Regards Arthur Kierski

 

[4metals]

I have just been collecting materials the last 4-5 years as I can’t get the chemicals I want here and I’m not going to pay astronomical prices.

Check out our new video section HERE. We have some video's about making your own nitric from acids and nitrates that you can get for reasonable prices and purify before reacting the potassium nitrate with the sulfuric acid. It isn't as hard as one might think.