[TheForge] aluminum or zinc or other

[Tim Underwood]

Terry,
I'm not 100% sure but i believe the metallic case bodies are aluminum.
Since you"ve been stripping the drives down you already know about the
magnets.
If you scrap the circuit boards make sure the dealer is legit.
They just found a "farm" that was bought by a computer recycler that he was
just dumping the stuff on.

Tim


> [Original Message]
> From: terry l. ridder <terrylr at blauedonau.com>
> To: <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: 7/6/2006 12:21:10 PM
> Subject: [TheForge] aluminum or zinc or other
>
> hello;
>
> amongst items i collected over 20 yrs were dead hard drives.
> i have boxes of several hundred dead hard drives. i have several boxes
> of just hard drive cases from drives i have taken apart over the years.
>
> other than weighing each case and volume to make an educated guess of
> the base metal used in the case.
>
> would anyone have any suggestions as to determining with some level of
> certainty what the base metal is?
>
> -- 
> terry l. ridder ><>
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