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Showing posts with label plated. Show all posts

Does computer chips have 14krt gold inside them?

Are those little pins real solid gold?


You can get more gold out of a used computer than gold ore (rocks with gold in them) compared by oz/weight. It is a good idea to use gold because it is a great conductor (better than silver and copper) and has the advantage of never corroding. It will never rust like iron or turn green like copper.

There is also gold on the connector end of your cellphone (where the charger connects, ect).

They are plated gold, and they are more like pure gold than 14K gold. There's not enough to even scrape them to get a small pile of gold dust. They are like 0.001" thick, if even that. If they were solid gold, there's no way a computer could cost $599. There's plated gold plated on some connectors and card fingers too. Recyclers cut off the gold fingers and the pins to reclaim the gold, but it takes a lot of boards and a lot of processing.

The gold is there because they are a great electrical conductor and doesn't oxidize. Gold plating is also used in some solder plating because it adheres well to copper and solders really well.

On very few processors, they are pure. On most, they are plated. You'd have to process thousands to get a decent amount of gold.
Gold recycling

Recycle motherboard for gold

Motherboard is the main component in many modern computers in general. It holds many of the crucial components of the system, while providing connectors for other peripherals. A motherboard, like a backplane, provides the electrical connections by which the other components of the system communicate, but unlike a backplane, it also connects the central processing unit and hosts other subsystems and devices.

Each computer has its own CPU, main memory, and other essential components connected to the motherboard also other components may be attached to the motherboard as plug-in cards or via cables. These connectors are important to us because they are mostly made from gold in some percentage.

For better connectivity each connector is gold plated and that is a good reason for recycling motherboard for Gold. Besides motherboard there are other components where gold is hidden. Take a look at this link and find out some more about finding Gold in PC and recycling it. Gold recycling

Extract gold with reverse electroplating machine

Reverse electroplating method for gold recycling is not mostly accepted but it is a good way to try dissolve gold before you go to the real gold refining business.

All you need to do this is the battery charger, some piece of metal as negative lead for electricity and some gold plated scrap to remove gold from.

Look at this link and find out how to make your own reverse electroplating machine. Gold recycling