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Salvor6

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Most circuit board manufacturers stopped using lead solder. The only ones that still use lead are the Chineese.
 

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No, what I'm saying is that U.S. circuit boards are stamped RoHas compliant are lead free. Some cheap boards still use lead.
 

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Do you still have several tons of low alpha lead?
 

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Can any one tell me if there still is a market for this stuff or should we continue to make diving wieghts out of it???
ZDD
 

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Right now there is a ammo shortage in the USA.ammo reloaders will pay more than scrap prices for it.
 

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Hi Tim, REWARD !! I will give £1,000 to the person or organisation that supplies the name, e.mail address or telephone number of a Low Alpha Metals buyer who will buy from the UK. The reward will be paid when the first transaction is completed - There is only one reward!!! Please use this e.mail address [email protected] to ensure confidentiality. Thank you in advance!
 

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Most circuit board manufacturers stopped using lead solder. The only ones that still use lead are the Chineese.

I know this thread is old and the post I'm quoting is from 2011 but I wanted to clarify what low alpha metals are used for. A couple of examples are listed below.

From an article By Jed Ouelbaum:

"Low-background metals — most famously steel and lead — are valuable because they carry particularly low levels of radiation compared with most conventional materials. Used as shielding in advanced particle physics projects and for medical science devices like X-ray chambers, these metals won’t interfere with specialized, highly radiation-sensitive environments and tools."
 

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Streetwise...

Here are a few sources...

Alpha Assembly Solutions,
Phone: +44 (0) 1260 270950
Email: [email protected]
Website: Home - Advanced Manufacturing Services (AMS) Ltd

DUKSAN Hi-Metal Co., Ltd,
66, Muryong 1-ro, Buk-gu, Ulsan, Korea
Phone: +82-52-283-9000
DS HiMetal

Teck Resources,
Suite 3300, Bentall 5
550 Burrard Street
Vancouver, B.C.
Canada V6C 0B3
t: 604.699.4000

Indium Corporation,
Andy Seager
European Sales Manager
Phone: +44 (0) 7770 861468
Email: [email protected]
Address: 7 Newmarket Court, Kingston, Milton Keynes, MK10 0AG. United Kingdom.

Pure Techonologies,
Email: [email protected]
Phone. +1-404-964-3791
They are in Florida

STANNOL GMBH,
Thomas Kolossa
Head of Technical Sales
thomas.kolossa(at)stannol.de
+49 2051 3120 -130

AIM Metals & Alloys LP,
Vincent Wheeler
EU/UK Industrial sales Manager
T: +44 (0) 7469 253505 | Email: [email protected]

Blume Elektronik Distribution GmbH,
Tec Center 1
31162 Bad Salzdetfurth
+49 5063 2712-0
Blume Elektronik +49 5063 2712-12
Blume Elektronik: [email protected]

Fermilab
Fermi Research Alliance, LLC (FRA) (this group runs the USDept Energys Fermi Research Lab
Batavia IL 60510-5011
Phone: 630-840-3000


I think an issue may be proving the alpha level, so you know what you are selling.

Good Luck!
 

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