Learn To Refine E-Waste Capacitors That Hold Silver, Palladium, & Tantalum

It's true that refining e-waste takes a large amount of starting material to acquire a profitable amount of precious metals. But, tantalum capacitors prove to be well worth the effort in this experiment. First, piranha solution is used to dissolve the outer coating of selected capacitors to reveal the metal inside. I also use nitric acid to recover silver and palladium. DMG is then used to precipitate palladium from an aqua regia solution. Other techniques are explained to help with refining your e-waste. #4HM #silver #tantalum 00:00-01:01 Intro 01:02-03:08 Making piranha solution to remove coating from capacitors 03:09-05:30 2nd boiling of tantalum capacitors in piranha solution 05:31-06:23 Joy 06:24-09:34 Testing methods for crushing ceramic capacitors 09:35-10:23 Piranha solution safety and boiling capacitors that contain silver and palladium 10:24-13:21 Boiling blue capacitors in nitric acid and separating silver from base metals 13:22-14:36 Testing nitrate solutions with stannous chloride and sodium hydroxide 14:37-18:14 Results for silver, palladium, and tantalum | Explaining dimethylglycine (DMG) use and storage 18:15-21:40 Adjusting pH of palladium nitrate solution with sodium hydroxide and dimethylglycine (DMG) 21:41-23:22 Capacitor refining results Don't forget to subscribe -   / @anthonythomasfmg   Thank you for becoming a member on YouTube and Patreon - patreon.com/AnthonyThomas9999 Follow me on social media: Facebook -   / anthonythomasfmg   Instagram -   / anthonythomasfmg   X - https://x.com/AnthonyTFMG Original music by Anthony Thomas. All rights reserved.