Weird Microwave Parts - need process

[snoman701]

My guess is that base metal is copper, seeing as they are mounted to a piece of 1/4" copper, and the only reason to use metal that thick is heat. They are out of a microwave based radio amplifier.

Best method to me, given their size, seems that it would just be digest in nitric, and continue along.

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[snoman701]

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[Lino1406]

Make sure 1st it is gold, not beryllium

 

[kernels]

Let me buy shares in the Nitric factory before you start digesting those ! :lol:

But more seriously, lots of base metal + small amount of gold = Sulfuric Cell or Cyanide Leach.

 

[nickvc]

The components look to be well plated and the yield should be good, the White squares are beryllium I believe and need to be opened to reveal more gold inside. Yields from this sort of material is usually very good but care is needed when dealing with the beryllium.

 

[snoman701]

I'll probably hold off on processing them for quite some time. I've got another eight or ten amplifiers...may end up with a 1/4 lb of parts total, honestly I have no clue. It's hard to guess weights based upon tiny parts adding up.