Precious Metal Refining & Recovery, Episode 5: Recovering gold from RAM

[@theCodyReeder]

I,ve figured it out! the purple color was from the yeast reducing some of the gold.

[@trismaggie7629]

when will the next mining vid be out

[@theCodyReeder]

+Tris Maggie I dont actually know yet... but probably next week.

[@BenKryger]

Awesome man! That was a really brilliant purple

[@damok9999]

+Cody'sLab Can't wait to see you do the pins, I can finally make an informed decision on whether it will be worth scrapping or selling my collection of gold-bearing computer ore.

[@HenkJanBakker]

+Cody''sLab Yeast? Are you sure? Isn't it just potassium permanganate? I believe it is used in the manufacture of printed circuit boards.

[@ChristopherJones16]

that about $10 of Gold in that little ingot. Just barely enough to pay for a new bottle of Blech.

[@svorgz3654]

if u put 0.350 u get $461. I believe its worth it. Don't you?

[@mackcarrob4547]

+Youssef S I believe your searching in Oz. He recovered .35g

[@Nice-music585]

You're right my bad. its only $15

[@azazelonline]

Ingot Bleach

[@TruKave]

DSR Sniper It's not bleach. It's blech. 10:17

[@mygaffer]

Nothing a little blech won't take care of.

[@nickcopper1728]

+KnD epic Was looking for that comment.

[@belsherivera9782]

lol

[@kilaehuied1659]

+Amir except more blech :D

[@taylorolson2908]

I'm allergic to blech, it burns when I drink it

[@kiarrapitters7697]

+Taylor Olson thats supposed to happen...it's okay!

[@jimothyblumberg3854]

I haven't watched an ad in as long as I can remember. Over ten years but I'm probably forgetting something so say one in ten years... for the last 20. And I just watched both of your prerolls. Then I clicked through both of them. Going back in time because you don't post enough for me.

[@SuperRiki81]

I'll have "What is a Bletch" for 50$, Regis.

[@kevinfrmkdz]

lmao

[@FRISKY_MANDINGO]

+SuperRiki81 I was laughing so hard at "bletch".

[@WarblesOnALot]

G'day, Yay Team ! I wonder if "Bletch" is "AmeriKan-English" for Bleach..., in the same way that they say "Aluminum" instead of Aluminium...; and although they can spell SOLDER, they invariably pronounce the word *"Sodder..."* , which raises an eyebrow in places where "Sodomy" was the Legal term for Penetrative Anal Sex...(!) ? Have a good one, ;-p Ciao !

[@rattusmasta25]

+WarblesOnALot It's "bleach" in the states

[@FRISKY_MANDINGO]

Aquarium Guy I don't think anybody says "bletch" I think Cody just stuttered a bit and it came out "bletch" lol.

[@bain5872]

Cody, you are a genuinely good fellow and I enjoy watching your channel. I like the way you show your mistakes along with your successes which is indeed, real life. I wish you and Canyon much success here on you tube as well as all your endeavors. Thanks for sharing your knowledge along with your positive attitude.

[@clarence4343]

Bro they done now

[@MoundN]

@@crusanosicus562 Yes. They broke up mutually.

[@NoSaysJo]

@@MoundN lmao nah she dumped his ass

[@MoundN]

@@NoSaysJo how do u know? Even if that were to be the case from what they both publicly told us they broke up mutually and it is only respectful to spread that message as oppose to spread assumptions.

[@NoSaysJo]

@@MoundN lmao cope

[@thomasmillin2155]

Cody i absolutely love this series, please keep making them its amazing the ways you find to extract the gold

[@simonfishee]

You could just download some ram for free and collect gold from it.

[@BlazeChronicGreen420]

Simon p download ram? go back to computer school.

[@BlazeChronicGreen420]

william Relken I know so was I. I'm a failure I guess lol.

[@michaelthomson6403]

r/wooosh

[@sum-dum_nerd]

Infinite money, genius

[@rodneyjohnson3996]

I think he was being sarcastic

[@hoffedemann5370]

I'm really impressed how do you know all the things that will happen and how you "easily" extract Gold out of RAM fingers...

[@AdroSlice]

Knowledge!

[@supermoon1430]

He drives his Lamborghini in the Hollywood hills

[@noahhounshel104]

+Super Moon you haven't watched his other videos.

[@ITSTIMETOSTOP]

+Super Moon Knowledge.

[@seigeengine]

+Hoffedemann Chemistry?

[@WorldlySurvivor]

Cody I found your channel by mistake and found myself very intrigued with what you do, you are doing and experimenting with things I have always wanted to do and I find it exciting that I can experiencing through you. Keep on doing the good stuff. Excelsior!!!

[@glenthemann]

I love how you mess with the sodium cyanide so nonchalantly, meanwhile nurdrage's vid is all "DONT FUCKING DO THIS SHIT IT WILL KILL YOU AND YOULL DIE A THOUSAND DEATHS" xD

[@noahhounshel104]

+Полиграфович NurdRage tends to be much more concious of the Idiots that watch his videos than Cody.

[@glenthemann]

Noah Hounshel lol, yeah, I'm not saying it's a problem, it's just a funny contrast.

[@RoflZack]

Because cody is the kind of person who cuts his finger open to put a magnet it in and then watches the wound fill with puss and get inflamed (That was fucking awesome, by the way. Metal as fuck). He has a wonderful curiosity and knowledge but he needs to be more responsible, if not for his own sake than for the sake of viewers who are going to try this at home and end up dieing. The video is made in a "try it at home" kind of way and yet he barely mentions anything about safety. Very irresponsible.

[@glenthemann]

Look where he lives and grew up.. it's a goldmine of infinite possibility. he's not really constrained in any way.. I'd have loved to grow up in such a place - I can't shoot off a model rocket without the cops called.. He's well aware of the dangers of his actions, but not to the same strangled extent that many of us are used to. I think just due to the nature of this he's perhaps not as cognizant of the situations and potential situations others would be in should they attempt the same things. All in all he's really not responsible for he actions of anyone who watches his videos. In some ways over the top warnings and "dont ever do this's" are just condescending to the viewer base

[@LanternLabs]

+Zachary Taylor He wore gloves in this video...

[@hallumm]

I was wondering if you could start writing the chemical equations that you are doing in the videos. I teach middle school and I think it would interest my students if you could include the equations in the comments or during the videos like you have done in the past when you added hydrogen peroxide to the equation to reduce the nitric acid you were going to use. This would help me explain what is going on in the reaction to a interested audience.

[@captainchicky3744]

A very good choice would be nilered/nileblue.

[@charismatoslabiskun1597]

Equations won't help... it will just make them confuse, because in reality those equation is useless

[@theRPGmaster]

"It's nothing a little blettch won't be able to take care of."

[@tylerparziale868]

Thank you Cody for making these videos! I found you last Saturday when trying to figure out how to make liquid oxygen and have been binge watching your videos since then ! I think you and your wealth of knowledge are both truly amazing kudos , and have a nice night/day!

[@AwesomeButWeird]

Man the moment i heard bletch i was like “THE COMMENT SECTION GONNA GO FULL OUT” and sure they did xD

[@morganmitchell4017]

Really loving this series; I like the videos even before I watch them.

[@DVSProductions]

Cyanide and happiness makes pure gold. Just gonna leave it there.

[@giorgio9791]

God damnit you got me there

[@theRPGmaster]

Not really, more like Cyanide + Gold = Gold + Cyanide

[@obnoxas]

Valentino Saitz 👍

[@whynotdean8966]

@@theRPGmaster Cyanide and happiness is a webcomic. In case you still didn't get it after 4 years lol.

[@hippiehorselover]

Hey, Cody ~ I just wanna say ~ you've brought quite a bit of interest into my class due to your 'experiments' I've shown to them. They especially love these types of videos where you refine some of the most basic components of the planet into a much more "precious" type of materiel. *Seriously though, thanks for your videos. I've been showing random videos of yours for them for around 4 months now, & the kids absolutely love 'em! You really have a knack for conveying this type of knowledge to the general public. Thanks, & take care! =)

[@Winterwolfmage]

10:22 did anybody hear him say blech instead of bleach?

[@Winterwolfmage]

*10:16

[@theCodyReeder]

+Nonya Robb Yeah, I wonder what thats a reference to? lol

[@stayblazin4408]

+Cody'sLab im not smart enough i dont get it :c

[@jayston16]

+Cody'sLab Could it be a reference from Zack from the disney show Zack&Cody?

[@jong2359]

+Cody'sLab I used to have a friend that referred to bleach as blech... he said it was because the anime Bleach is blech. Any relation? =)

[@bastianbrandsma2490]

yessssss cody i really like your videos. they are just getting better the more you learn about youtube.

[@youtubeviewer6660]

2am in Australia and have school in 6 hours and one of Cody's vids come out!! Guess I'm going to school tired! Haha worth it though

[@The69Stalker]

+Budders same here but i got work instead at 10am, 2:30 here fuk youtube wont let me sleep

[@srenfruelund218]

lol yea

[@HerrFenchel]

+Budders You will be tired anyways when you´re still up @ 2am.

[@antifematheist5839]

im in the exact same situation. plus its hot as hell in QLD i cant sleep 😂😂

[@knivesstuff]

+Budders I know that feeling ;)

[@ravingapache1]

Hey Cody. You mentioned that there might be a bit of copper in that bead. Iodine has an affinity for gold but copper is also in the same series of elements. So it would stand to reason that there is copper in your bead. A second refining with Aqua Regia and dropping with Sodium Metabisulfite will remove the copper. Since Iodine is a very selective leachant of gold, it could be used to remove gold off of other metals like stainless steel and any other non-reactive metal. Just something to think about. Great Job! I enjoy your videos alot. Keep them coming. RA

[@JetFalcon710]

"So those of you worried about the leftover cyanide solution, it's nothing a little bit of bletch won't be able to take care of." I like how you English :p

[@posswazere4238]

Man I been watching your channel for around 2-3 days now and holy shit man this is an awesome channel It's so interesting to watch all these things, keep it up bro!

[@luisperez5462]

the way he said bleach lol

[@ohmyakaboom2110]

Blech XDXDXD

[@leojciaccioii]

blitch

[@shalala4571]

Jim Fancy-pants Damn someone didn’t get enough sleep last night

[@hand__banana]

Jim Fancy-pants u mad brah?

[@delinlo]

A little bit of "bletch" 😂😂😂 xD (10:18) Its "bleeech" cody, and nice vid btw. I've been waiting all week for this one!

[@fiona9891]

But the burning question is: Was that wam dedotated?

[@billybassoon10]

is it enough to servwer?

[@spicysquire]

Dan I wudnt wecommend

[@nicholasmccoy1336]

Your extensive knowledge of your subject matter and field of work is very impressive. Your videos are very insightful and interesting. Nice work, subscribed.

[@morphman86]

If you can get a hold of an entire office complex' supply of computers after an upgrade or something, you might even break even when doing this.

[@mrkthmn]

As always, Thanks for making these videos Cody!!!

[@joops110]

Order of business: 1: Click like 2: Watch video

[@theCodyReeder]

+joops110 Order of business: 1: Click like 2: Reply 3: Keep reading comments

[@KarlHansson]

Cody's Lab is quickly becoming my most favourite KZbin channel

[@L337f33t]

There's gold in them there computer parts!! I've been waiting for this one!

[@OF01975]

1/3g

[@theCodyReeder]

+Dillon Flannery and probably worse...

[@urie4769]

Not worth it

[@hhoowwaarrdd]

Dell should just make computers, then instantly destroy them and extract the gold, then they'd be rich! /s

[@BrandonFrancey]

+Sunny Hill There is gold, just not very much. Just like my wife's wedding ring.

[@DevProdigy]

Man your channel is growing like crazy you are even getting troll haters thats a nice feature to let you know you are doing good

[@griffinmatul8967]

this guys videos should ne in school

[@theCodyReeder]

some shouldnt

[@IOWNA11]

Yeah... some of them happen to be extremely dangerous or you know... bombs.

[@syleise8729]

+Cody'sLab where can i getsome bletch cody

[@eduardomv6222]

+Cody'sLab like all off then

[@thrundawolf187]

+Cody'sLab I wish you were my teacher. Or older cousin.

[@chrislover7149]

I always love watching videos that teach u and when realize u just learned something new without even knowing it

[@dee-kay4311]

I need to make some cyanide for..... Reasons....

[@ScibbieGames]

...

[@alire1397]

Me too. My uncle Rommel is being really annoying.

[@dvanderhoof]

For happiness (like if you get the reference)

[@kylemower6095]

+David Vanderhoof (sigh)

[@MODElAIRPLANE100]

Yes me too

[@masterchief-ut3yc]

Hey Cody you got a tv spot on the Canadian tv show Daily Planet, they talked about your video and stuff.Keep up the good work, I learn more off of one video of yours than a year of class.

[@theCodyReeder]

+masterchief6877 link?

[@masterchief-ut3yc]

+Cody'sLab www.discovery.ca/dailyplanet it was season 14 episode 43. they talk about this video

[@aklokoth]

"Nothing a little blehch wont take care of"

[@TheManWithTheFlan]

+Kyle Rankin Hey guys, I found JonTron!

[@aklokoth]

+TheManWithTheFlan lol I had to look him up to understand your joke. If I was 40lbs heavier I would look just like him

[@AgustinGamex]

by far my favorite youtube series. nice video cody

[@Aidan15700]

My man said "bletch"

[@danielgorzel7222]

Damn Cody,your videos are much higher quality than those few months age! Nice progress,love your channel.

[@OfficalMcM]

you should've weighted the gold with the ram sticks to find out how much mass you lost in the proccess

[@Drdeath230]

he did

[@vilisinkovic3695]

Every day I check cody's lab for new videos and when a new one comes out I giggle like a little girl

[@warp9894]

I feel like he's making a rocket course he's talking about like oxidizers

[@Gator_Bot]

Absolutely loving this channel. Every video is excellent.

[@Gabbos]

Did he say "Blech" ? lol

[@Freshavadado12]

+Gabbos Ironfist Yus!

[@Zertrebender]

Only true Germans understand that Joke

[@wupme]

Its "bitte" and not please. N00b

[@Klebestift]

Finally! I waited so long for this. Cody ur videos make addicting.

[@gaba319]

lol "bletch" 10:15

[@jonathonsing4108]

It's 10:18

[@Yogpod299]

This is my favorite series on KZbin right now!

[@Alexnstein360]

chemistry is so cool

[@gerardlewis3098]

Dude, I love you Cody. I literally let your videos play through everyday. #YourTheMan

[@thrundawolf187]

You're* Sorry.

[@gerardlewis3098]

you're yo͝or,yôr/Submit contraction unpunctuated: youre you are. "you're an angel, Deb!" So I should have said "I let you are videos play through"?

[@thrundawolf187]

i dont even remember commenting this wtf im not even a grammar nazi

[@gerardlewis3098]

Lmao. I just got the alert

[@knivesstuff]

Great video again :) I wish our chemistry classes were so interesting :) You really make chemistry fun keep up the good work :D Maarten, 17, Holland

[@qwertyraoul]

Holland or the Netherlands ;)

[@knivesstuff]

qwertyraoul The Netherlands

[@elkhamlichi2558]

+qwertyraoul Holland is only a province

[@qwertyraoul]

+Fahd El khamlichi that is why I asked the question.

[@knivesstuff]

qwertyraoul Doesn't matter really only to Dutch people. If I say Holland English people will know that I mean the country.

[@hopester0217]

I regret not paying more attention in science class when I was a kid. I'm impressed.

[@Techo536]

Nice optical illusion at 6:08, which way is the beaker facing? Towards or away from the camera?

[@insolentish4529]

Techo536 freaking towards.. You can see the spout

[@papajeffkaplan97]

I love watching these while i fall asleep cuz its relazing

[@papajeffkaplan97]

*relaxing*

[@gmrads]

A little bit of bletch lol

[@jimburnsjr.]

Hope you're doin well Cody, thanks for the great videos inspiring people to have fun and learn.

[@keon5721]

10:18 "It's nothing a little bit of blech won't take care of"

[@justinf6758]

You watched it too??

[@keon5721]

+Justin F Watched what?

[@justinf6758]

+Keon Bunny the video

[@keon5721]

+Justin F oh ok

[@justinf6758]

+Keon Bunny sarcasm...

[@ameyer7825]

*Nice job Cody.* BTW: That was a catchy tune at the end.

[@PYROHIAN89]

10:17 did he say Blech

[@Freshavadado12]

+Cannibal Pyro Yus!

[@alharthy50]

I just wanna say that I really love your video Cody, you are mu role model in chemistry.. keep your awesome contents coming

[@alharthy50]

my*

[@alharthy50]

you're* too many typos sry 😂

[@chase_h.01]

Whyyyy couldn't you have just scraped it off first? Seems like less work.

[@falcon7535]

Chase H. science

[@niko1even]

It would be impure, tiny of silicon and other metals from the PCB would get in with the gold. The chemical process is more clean. Plus it's really hard to scrape it off, it's like trying to scrape off ink from a paper.

[@FRISKY_MANDINGO]

I've had the stupidest grin on my face this whole video. What a cool reaction!

[@teknikal_domain]

you know..... I know a place nearby that throws out a ton of laptops and computers, I wonder if I could make some money from that...

[@rocerist]

i followed this and a place in my town throws out alot of old pcs and laptops. salvaged around 300€ at this point with my friends. of course -the ingredients so like 200€ i recomend you do this id your bored and want some money

[@FelixDaCat1969]

You could probably sell them as scrap so you don't have to put work into it but you probably wouldn't make as much

[@rocerist]

Felix DaCat in my country noone buys scrap. Trust i tried

[@foreversteam]

Love your videos Cody! They are incredibly interesting and informative. When you are doing the final smelting stage at 12:55 on the video, did you put any borax or flux in it? I know after you had dried the sediment on the paper towels, you put the two lots onto one paper towel. That then gets folded up and goes into the crucible. Do you then torch the paper towel containing the gold powder to ash in the crucible before putting it in the furnace and do you add borax or flux onto the top of that or do you just fold up the paper towel containing the dried sludge, put it in the crucible and fire it as is?

[@dakdak3331]

4 years ago this comment was posted. No likes or replies, so I figured id do both. Hope all is well in your life :)

[@jyasu8489]

how do you dispose the leftover liquids?

[@PhoenixT1953]

Backyard on the weeds

[@harrykelly4651]

Feed it to the homeless

[@romainetomatoes2416]

jyasu add some bletch to it... that’ll get rid of the cyanide.

[@watchguy79]

Great video and super informative. Good job man you clearly know what you're doing.

[@monoclecubing1738]

What am I doing... I have a final exam in precalc tomorrow that I'm supposed to be studying for. I don't even know what 90% of these chemicals are

[@100ksubscriberwithnovideos8]

Lol my exam is tommorow aswell

[@ZoolPl]

I haven't any idea about chemical processes and stuff, but I love your videos.. keep it going Cody! Greetings from Poland :)

[@nanaki-seto]

Hey don't forget to toss all the copper in the trash from the boards its only worth about 10x as much as the gold youll get off the boards by weight. Yep thats right those boards have pennies worth of gold per pound and about 10x as much money in copper. Any circuit board is made up of thin copper sheets. A copper sheet from a single computer mother board is worth 15 or 20 cents and the gold you.ll recover is worth maybe 5 cents if your very lucky. I live in ohio north east ohio wont say exactly where but one company that did this recovery nonsense for a while use to toss out strips of mother boards after the recovered the gold looked like a brown nasty mess. Me my one brother and brother in law put those strips through acid and resolved every thing the plastic coating etc floats and the copper goes in to solution and settles out as powdered copper . A heaping truck load of board scrap yielded multiple 5 gallon buckets of purified copper powder giving us a net profit of about 6500 bucks split 3 ways. We used bucked with holes drilled in them and filters bought from a local restaurant supply place used for filtering fryer oil to reclaim all the copper powder from the neutralized acid. What you basically have in those boards in the end is the small traces of gold become the waste product that you set to the side while reclaiming the copper. If you start with the goal of getting that copper from the boards and save your waste gold left overs over a year the gold becomes a nice bonus also there's more silver on various boards. All current electronics for the most part use high silver content solder as lead is bad for you or some such. Fact is this is why game consoles like x box 360 got the errors related to video and chip-set needing "reballed" or reworked. While silver is non toxic it is also more brittle than lead and has a higher chance of failure do to heating and cooling cycles. This is why xbos gpus and chip sets come loose causign the various errors. Also a reason why laptop video fails etc. Any how re run that scrap and see for your self how much copper you get compared to how much gold in scrap out value.

[@randomthingsido7260]

Nova Flare actually the gold is worth $13.474

[@Dude-Smellmyhelmet]

Ram cards probably have a higher gold to copper ratio... just sayin

[@KyleMakeStuff]

Dear Cody, why didn't you use the iodine that you made a few months ago from seaweed? You said you were looking for something to do with it. Awesome video! -Kyle

[@daramaguiginn7992]

10:17 [Muffled Bletch playing in the distance]

[@johncalderwood1]

This is the stuff I watch after a long day after doing fuck all and just wasting my day so watching this means my day is less wasted!

[@GlaciusTS]

Perhaps you should scale up? Start refining in greater volume.

[@doyouevensplash]

6:42 Haha you sound like Dr. Bunsen Honeydew :) . love every episode great work!

[@prozite9087]

For some reason. This is oddly satisfying o.0

[@poppybrooke-jones4645]

yeah... idk wat im doing right now

[@Becker_18]

+Darth_Cat-Person The First No idea how i got here but i am definitely entertained.

[@poppybrooke-jones4645]

+beckersniped18 yeah

[@josedaniellim8387]

+Prozite yeah

[@MMK86]

i'll tell you why its satisfying to watch...it's because you actually learn something from this guys videos compared to most of the trash out here in this wasteland

[@Itai-Cohen]

really like the fast forward of the gold dissolving!

[@RigiIndustries]

10:17 lmao blech

[@mangosoda114]

Why do I like watching stuff like this

[@dannydressel7433]

What was your grade in chemistry damn!

[@ddruganov]

+Danny Dressel none, afaik. he just studied it a lot at school and university

[@xXFeralArtsXx]

Danny Dressel i think he failed that class and eventually dropped out. schooling system is bullshit and doesnt inspire

[@Joey_ott]

I NEED MOREEEEE, IM ADDICTED TI YOUR VIDEOS CODY!!!!

[@indeedItdoes]

What a mess... :/

[@theCodyReeder]

+indeedItdoes Yeah...

[@jaythedogg]

Cody, thanks for the well thought out, nicely explained videos. I will likely never attempt this kind of extraction on my own, but knowing how it's done is fascinating. Your style of explaining reminds me of one of my college professors years ago, that being said, if your career path doesn't go the way you desire, you may have a promising future in university level instruction.

[@ollieraison]

How did you just pronounce 'bleach'???? BLETCH?!?!?!

[@Heburntmyshake]

I think he was just joking lmao

[@ollieraison]

+silent saucepan why do you think that?

[@Heburntmyshake]

Granmont Flexor he's a smart dude

[@ollieraison]

+silent saucepan yes but has he joked about it in the past? Is it an in joke? Or does he simply mispronounce bleach? He is super smart. But I don't get the joke of misprouncing bleach if it is not a commonly known thing he does.

[@Heburntmyshake]

Never heard him say it before and I personally thought it was funny , guess it's not funny to everyone Granmont Flexor

[@winston2015]

'Noble metals' sounds like something an alchemist would've said. The book _The Golden Game_ is a wonderful overview and contains many facsimile reproductions (w/transcriptions and commentary) of 17th century alchemical manuscripts. I understand he's a geologist and/or a chemist but thought he might still might find some of it interesting for historical purposes. Garland Publishing also did some reprints of some classic texts a while back. Thank you for all of your fascinating videos! I dont know anything about any of these (or mining or bee-keeping) subjects but Im enjoying your videos tremendously, and learning bits here and there. Man, how I would love to keep bees,, unfortunately I rent in NYC.

[@Alexjgate]

"Blech" xD

[@unabashedindividualist6232]

I always look forward to your videos!

[@matthewmurray3811]

Wefining gold from dedotated wam

[@JohnDoe-gm5qr]

You are right that it is very thin. It amazes me that someone can get a meaningful amount of gold from all this stuff.

[@bluefacebaby6787]

HEY , I'VE JUST GOTTEN WORD FROM A SETTLEMENT THAT NEEDS OUR HELP!

[@joshua7586]

ok

[@RoflZack]

+Nic3GreenNachos *cait Kate is my sister. Cait is the fo4 character

[@RoflZack]

+Nic3GreenNachos 😂😂 I really set you up for that, didn't I? Use protection.

[@Nic3GreenNachos]

Zachary Taylor Don't worry. I always carry my gun with me.

[@theRPGmaster]

NOOOOOO!

[@ryanpope2411]

I like the new intro better than all previous ones

[@terrybickerton1455]

I never Knew that Rams had fingers!

[@itsevilbert]

There are normally fine strands of gold from pads on the silicon, inside most high end chips, to the silver pins heading to the outside of the package. If you search for images of "decapped chip" you will see these very fine gold wires. The only danger is the arsenic n-type dopant used in the silicon. If it was not for that, I would suggest using a ball mill to generate a powder and panning for the gold! Of course some of the packages are plastic (need to incinerate first) and some are ceramic.

[@SDeww]

hardly worth doing it for such a tiny bit of gold isnt it.. i mean the idea is nice but not really worth the trouble! even if you scale this up 100 fould

[@theCodyReeder]

+S Dew and now you know

[@kax5650]

+S Dew I do not think that he is doing it for PROFIT

[@SDeww]

Kax56 he isnt mak9ng profit its costing him money, im sure that acid is expensive

[@diggymgee]

+S Dew He literally said he WASN'T doing it for profit.

[@kax5650]

+diggymgee xd

[@edanmerkel1301]

"to turn it back to elemental form, just add a bit of acid" sounds like a cooking show I'd watch

[@JamesRPatrick]

bletch

[@iCach0]

Getting better and better!

[@camelmer02]

I love how all of these chemists watch each other on KZbin and refer to each other

[@dbugboy]

@Cody'sLab Don't listen to the trolls, I started taking chemistry for non majors this year and I enjoy comparing what I learn to your videos. Keep up the good work.