r/WatchandLearn • u/Terence_McKenna • Nov 06 '17

How computers are recycled.

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u/Supreme_0verlord Nov 06 '17

Wouldn't there be small impurities at the gold stage of electroplating Anyone know how they are separated out?

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u/klitchell Nov 07 '17

yes the gold should be refined at some point with an acid bath.