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Mistress Rose
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You can't design all electronic components to be recycle friendly. I used to work in the industry and just at the basic board level then there were PCBs which were generally copper and gold with some intervening nickel or similar on plastic, thick film, which is a mixture of glass and metal printed onto ceramic, and thin film which is a thin layer of gold and nichrome plated up and again on ceramic or glass. Then you get the plating and base metal on the legs of components, solders etc.
I am sure it is quite possible to extract the metal from this, which is a potentially rich ore, and then refining them into individual metals, but an interesting chemical challenge to start, and then you have to make it economic. From the point of recycling, it is certainly worth while, but making it economic is another thing. |
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