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Anonymous Poster	recovery of copper from radiators 01/07/2010 2:09 PM
	What is the most efficient process to seperate copper from stainless steel in the radiator scraps?
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Anonymous Poster	#1 Re: recovery of copper from radiators 01/07/2010 2:09 PM
	Heat
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PWSlack Guru Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: In the bothy, 7 chains down the line from Dodman's Lane level crossing, in the nation formerly known as Great Britain. Kettle's on. Posts: 32175 Good Answers: 839	#2 Re: recovery of copper from radiators 01/08/2010 3:16 AM
	Acids: dissolve the steel. __________________ "Did you get my e-mail?" - "The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place" - George Bernard Shaw, 1856
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Milo Guru Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: "Dancing over the abyss." Posts: 4884 Good Answers: 243	#3 In reply to #2 Re: recovery of copper from radiators 01/08/2010 8:02 AM
	What acid are you proposing to dissolve stainless steel, then how do you propose recovering it? milo __________________ People say between two opposed opinions the truth lies in the middle. Not at all! Between them lies the problem, what is unseeable,eternally active life, contemplated in repose. Goethe
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PWSlack Guru Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: In the bothy, 7 chains down the line from Dodman's Lane level crossing, in the nation formerly known as Great Britain. Kettle's on. Posts: 32175 Good Answers: 839	#4 In reply to #3 Re: recovery of copper from radiators 01/10/2010 4:22 AM
	The original poster wanted the copper, though! Oh, pick an acid. Er, um, OK. Try sulphuric for starters........... __________________ "Did you get my e-mail?" - "The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place" - George Bernard Shaw, 1856
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