What types of materials contain precious metals?
• Industrial Plating companies plate many types of items:Consumer items like holiday ornaments, (Usually gold on brass) • Electronic components have gold plated pins in their connectors (Circuit boards and cable ends) for reliability (gold won’t tarnish like brass or copper contacts will) • Photographic labs have silver in the film and as a result of developing the pictures the fixing and wash solutions will also contain silver. • Dental offices and labs use silver in fillings. X-ray film and developer also contain silver. Old bridgework and some posts etc. use gold. Gold is a non-reactive metal in the human mouth so it is a natural for use in dentistry. • Foundries and jewelry makers use precious metals like gold silver platinum and palladium. They generate scrap through the cutting, melting and polishing of the precious metals. These “sweeps” or “fines” can be reprocessed to reclaim the metals and generate cash for the person savvy to where these metals are found. • Automotive and Ma
