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== == No, you do not 'grind' up the circuit boards containing the gold. You remove the 'ears' and other parts that are plated with gold. You have a few options as to the heating of the gold, which will not be pure and needs to be separated out from the impurities. The best method without producing hazardous waste is with a Shor refiner. They are expensive. There are other 'dry' methods of extracting the gold using various heating methods, some of which are advertised on Ebay. Either way, if you are burning ANY electronic circuit board, you are producing noxious fumes and this needs to be done outdoors, period. As for the power cord being 'worth' more than the gold in the computer, that's just bullcrap. The older 286, 386 and 486 chips, have much more gold plating on them. With gold holding at $900 per oz, I'm thinking of getting into the refining business.
What else can I help you with?
Where is the gold located on the computer boards?
It was once used in all the circuit boards such as the motherboard. However this was expensive, and it's rare to find any gold in modern computer electronics.
How to extract gold off printed circuit boards?
grind up the circuit board and melt the board. it will stink so go outside
Why do you use green masking and not any other ordinary color in printed circuit boards?
Green, Red, Purple, Gold, Blue are all used.
How much gold plating in a computer?
for one thousand pounds of circuit boards you can expect at today's rates to get ~$10,000 after it is refined
List of metals in a computer?
Metals in a computer include aluminum (used in the casing), copper (wiring and heat sinks), gold (connectors and components), silver (printed circuit boards), and various rare earth metals in small quantities within the electronic components.
How much gold is in a computer processor?
Not much, since the gold is typically just a thin plate over copper traces. Printed circuit gold is usually only one or two mils thick and you'd need several boards to make up an ounce of gold. It IS worth it, but you'd need to process several boards to make it worth your time and effort.
What are the industrial uses of gold?
electrical connections and circuit boards. gold conducts electricity very efficiently and does not corrode.
Why is there gold in circuit boards?
firstly, Only on Certain circuit boards. secondly, gold is a malleable, non-corroding/rusting conductive metal. gold has the lowest resistance to the flow of electricity through it; this side of a superconductor.
Does computer boards have platinum or silver in them?
Computer Boards constitute of Gold plating on several Pinouts & Integrated devices as it is the good conductor of electricity & non reactive metal with non corrosive properties.Silver & Platinum doesn't found any application on the circuitry of Computer Boards.
What do you use neurotic acid for?
For gold extraction out of electronic equipment in circuit boards
How do you use gold?
Gold is used in jewellery mainly. Another use is to make connections on a computer circuit.
Use of precious metals in electronics?
because gold is an excellent conductor of electricity and it is unreactive.
