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So, in the previous article about palladium, you maybe got all excited over collecting this metal which is more valuable than gold. Well, that is not necessarily a good idea. Lets discuss the top 5 reasons not to scrap and…
Background As we all know, a capacitor is a device used to store electrical energy in an electric field. Capacitors are commonly made from two metal plates separated by a dielectric material. When an electric current is applied, the capacitor…
From the A386 road from Okehampton to Tavistock, and easy to miss is Wheal Betsy Engine House, with its leaning chimney. It has been thought that the mine was opened in 1740 or earlier. The mine follows a N-S lode and was…
Why was tin important? To begin with, tin was initially utilised in the city of Ur, today known as Iraq in modern-day southern Mesopotamia around 3500 BC. Bronze, an alloy of tin and copper, was used by the Iranians. Tin…
Residents of Kasturba Nagar (India) are becoming more aware of eWaste. A lot of residents groups in the city of Chennai have been trying to get people to recycle their old electronics. Because eWaste needs to be handled carefully, it has…
What is Palladium We all get a little excited about this one, but what exactly is it? Palladium is a chemical element with symbol Pd and atomic number 46. It is a rare, silvery-white transition metal belonging to the platinum…
YouTube is a great resource for learning about metal scrapping and can be a valuable resource for would be scrappers, more so than static web sites. Scrapping and microscrapping is a visual thing. It is hard to describe how to…
Ever wished to make something beautiful from everyday e-waste? The following article originally posted on The Star in January 2022 may make an interesting read. Not only is gold mining one of the leading drivers of deforestation in the Amazon,…