30 Dec
2010
30 Dec
'10
10:35 p.m.
Yes, tantalum has a good scrap value. The last I sold
brought over $5
per pound....and tantalum is heavy. That was about 10 years ago when I
closed out my business.
Some years back, tantalum was insane. If you had a 1 pound boule (the
pure tantalum, basically), you could take 800 bucks home. Teardrop
tantalum capacitors clipped off boards were reaching 20 dollars a
pound. Remember the great tantalum capacitor shortage? Anyway, things
have normallized, and it is now not really worth clipping them off.
There are some *really* good old tantalum caps to clip as well, but I
am not telling which ones...
I don't think many circuit cards goes to China any
more, 15 year ago,
that was true.
The refineries in Germany are getting good business. I think China is
still buying the junk circuit boards.
--
Will