Enjoying your knowledge on this. I've gone through my pile of boards several times. Each time I find out there are bits I'm leaving behind.

Ben.....you're killing me here! I would have never known, as I've never seen a vid on non-mustard/yellow tantalum caps....now I will address all my scrapping capacitor scrapping differently....THANK YOU!!!!!

@eWasteBen

9 жыл бұрын

+pacoblancosmith Yes I've noticed that the black tantalum's are not being mentioned much, they have exactly the same tantalum content as the yellow ones, and are more common too.

Thanks for taking time out to educate.

Glad I watched your video again almost threw away the black tantalum capacitors away Thank you !

@ephraimt1

6 жыл бұрын

"Once you go Black, you never go back"

Отличное познавательное видео! Большинство людей не знает что в этих смд конденсаторах есть тантал и их просто выбрасывают в мусор. благодоря автору этого канала мы становимся умнее. спасибо вам бен=))))

thanks for educational videos Greetings from Turkey

I tell ya what man, you do good on these videos. Explaining and giving different examples. That's what really helps us fellow scrappers. I've been hunting tantalum for a while and have the smd figured out for the most part except for black ones. I've been saving ones that I'm not completely sure are tantalum and setting them aside..with the hopes to look up the numbers on them one day to be able to see if the are tantalum or not.

@eWasteBen

8 жыл бұрын

don't worry too much about the black one's, yeah some won't be tantalum but it wouldn't affect the process, all it means is you don't get tantalum from them, they won't slow the process of the rest much and your never going to know 100% which is and which isn't so it don't matter unless you were buying them.

@zackcat276

8 жыл бұрын

+eWaste Ben Ok thanks. so basically if they look like black SMDs then I might as well just pick them. obviously I'll only go for ones that have a clear line across one end( at the very least) because those are the ones that are harder to tell. the black smd with a clear + sign are easy

I agree iv learned alot from you to to up my scrap business

Great video Ben. I'm starting an Ewaste division to our salvage and recycling department over in Perth. These videos are very helpful. Thanks

@eWasteBen

8 жыл бұрын

+Pete Moore pleasure, Pete. many scrap yards around Aust' are doing similar, values are generally based on US prices which have been affected somewhat because of current US precious metals prices, so stockpiling components ready for refining is a good idea in the hope the PM market rises again, conflict metals such as Tantalum is a good example as it can turn around quickly and become very valuable if supplies are restricted

@petemoore9058

8 жыл бұрын

+eWaste Ben Thanks again. I was definitely planning on stockpiling. The market I would say is likely to go up in Jan and then dive again in Feb (Chinese new year) but whose Crystal ball is better than the next. We are actually an established environmental company with the recycling of electrical transformers, around 500 ton per annum. The E-waste side is more for branding at this stage. If I'm being honest, from a business point of view, it's not the easiest way to make money.

Awesom video learned from all your video's

Thank you very much..it answers a question i put in the monolithic video.

Thanks for teaching us.

Learned a few things, thanks, thomas here in Vancouver Canada, like your 20 mhz oscillators, could use a few, Cheers

Damn, I've passed up on organs in the past but I work anymore! I come across old scrap a lot. I work at a transfer station.

I have noticed with the SM type you have to look carefully they are very similar to another component these are usually marked ( L) instead of c

tantalum smd capacitor contains liquid material?

Thank's again Ben for you're info, started depoping my board's taking all smalls, are rainbow res andcap's worth scrap[ping? ton's of them on board's?

@eWasteBen

8 жыл бұрын

no they don't have anything of value really

Since following you for sometime now, I can tell how old this vid is!! I'm the guy with the huge IBM white, ceramic CPU....which I did identify but didn't quantify the value of yet..... Anywho...Ben, do you have an updated tantalum capacitor vid? You've helped me immensely in my hobby and I've make some good money on all levels (resold some Apple IIe PCs and many more parts, etc.) as well as CPU's (which I gained much info from your other vid) and so on....so, any newer vid on identifying tantalum? Thanks and cheers! Patrick

@eWasteBen

6 жыл бұрын

There's really only the yellow & black smd types these days, older boards can be so many shapes, colours & sizes and other things look like tantalum but not. so it's too complicated for the old stuff since very few will get them anyway.

How would one process these to extract the tantalum? Is there any way for the "home gamer" to do that? I'm not so much concerned with making an ingot, powder/scraps is fine.. Probably not though.. I'm not going anywhere near hydrofluoric acid..

@eWasteBen

7 жыл бұрын

Best to leave them as is, that way there's no mistake what they are, we know that smd tantalum capacitors (yellow/black) have 22-25% tantalum. so about 1lb tantalum to 4lb capacitors, that's how to value them, don't forget there is also a little silver so best to keep as is.

Are tantalum Capacitors the same as mlcc's

Hi Ben thanks for the videos. They have been great help. I can identify the yellow ones no problem, and the thick boxy black ones in the video I also know. But I am finding some that look like ic chips but also have a gray line on one side. Are those tantalum? I have been coming across a significant amount, and don't wanna waste my time picking each one if they are not tantalum. I do plan on stripping the boards later with a air hammer, but for now just want to get the main things(gold, tantalum, crystal ocillators) and just bulk up. Please let me know and thanks again for all the information.

@eWasteBen

7 жыл бұрын

some can be tantalum, some can be diodes. the code on the board for a capacitor is "C" so if the black smd's are "C" then tantalum. code "D" or "CR" or "VR" are all Diodes. the best identification for black tantalums is a "+" symbol on one side, diodes don't have the + so if you want to be 100% sure then just pick black ones with +, obviously any yellows are always tantalum so pick 'em all

@dbcherrypicking8469

7 жыл бұрын

Ok got it. I will keep that in mind, thanks a lot!!

Thanks for these videos. I found a few black rectangle boxes with the grey stripe on one side just like tantelum capacitors, but on the board its printed D123 not C123. What are they?

@eWasteBen

8 жыл бұрын

+brad keenes D is for Diode, tantalum caps are mounted to two points, one each side, the thin side. if they have many legs they are not tantalum, usually the diodes have 4 legs each side, the long side.

@boilingcranberries

8 жыл бұрын

+eWaste Ben They are mounted just like tantelum to two points, one each side, the thin side. Just strange it says D for diode

@eWasteBen

8 жыл бұрын

yeah well if they have a stripe on one side then throw it in with tantalums, If you want to send a picture post it up at www.scrapforum.com.au and i'll have a closer look at the board

Try to contact chemical reactors & autocleaves (under pressure reactors) manufacturers. The most expensive by far devices I mentioned are tantalum coated. Keep in mind nuclear reactors use hastelloy...(winch is a cheapo material compared to Tántalo)

Hey Ben are you buying tantalum caps

that would be great but I don't think we allowed to have any type of airplane computers here in the Good old U.S.A. I COULD be mistaken but would still love to see it

Sorry Ben....are the two two legged mustard/yellow caps also tantalum? I read that on someone else's post but, now, seeing that you really understand so much more I thought I'd ask....

@eWasteBen

9 жыл бұрын

+pacoblancosmith Them two legged tantalum caps may have a + symbol on thm but most commonly the will have an "L" shaped symbol in the same brownish color the regular yellow one's have, that stripe on one side, so yeah if the two legged mustards have that stripe along one side, they are definitely tantalum capacitors.

@ronjaycocks346

8 жыл бұрын

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hey ben! good to talk to you would it be worth more taking the bored to a scrap yard or taking everthing off and apart

@eWasteBen

8 жыл бұрын

+Rick Flores depends on what you do with the stuff you take off, different things need different methods of processing so if your not up to refining yourself then i'd sell the boards as is, quicker cash.

How much worth a kg of this capacitors? Where can I sell them? You know a web site or something else? Sorry for my english, I'm from Romania. Thanks. You are great.

@eWasteBen

7 жыл бұрын

not much really, maybe $30kg, can only sell to the US so not worth postage, try ebay

Hi friend What's inside??

ben thank you very. much for this video usually on smd capacitors what is the yield per kilo (how many kilos of smd you need to get one kilo of tantalum)

@eWasteBen

8 жыл бұрын

+your_diamond_source Not sure exactly but most the weight in a tantalum capacitor is the tantalum itself, so under 2kg should give 1kg tantalum

@janisdreijers206

3 жыл бұрын

@@eWasteBen Where is this tantalum inside capacitator? this is this metalic like squares is this about 100% tantalum itself without refinery?

very nicely done. but I do have one question. You did say that all Tantalum capacitor will have the gray or brown strip. I have found quite a few yellow capacitors that I thought Tantalum. So now I wonder?

@eWasteBen

9 жыл бұрын

kmbelille I think the strips are mostly on newer one's, I would keep the ones you have as they still may be Tantalum Capacitors, actually i'm pretty sure I have some like that too in my box.

what was the very last board called or should I say came out of the one you couldn't remember the name of with the win95 chip

@eWasteBen

8 жыл бұрын

it came out of an aviation testing unit, it's like a briefcase with all kinds of connections they take on board of aircraft, military I think, they hook it up to plane computers and get data from it. it's a bit too technical for me but I still have one, maybe I should scrap it out on video to show you.

I’m having a hard time finding these buggers in my scrap. What devices tend to contain them?

@eWasteBen

Жыл бұрын

Mostly on PC cards, Modems, Server/ telecom boards

@TruckFan542

Жыл бұрын

@@eWasteBen I see. I found 2 in a switch, but they were the microscopic ones and they were blocked by fat IC chips. But on the other hand i got some other precious metal recovery stuff, like USB plugs and crystals.

BTW Thank You ,now I have to go back over the last 60 lbs of server boards that I thought I had stripped ..doh! lol, at least I haven't taken them in for recycling ,whew ...at least I now know what to look for in the 162 servers that I have left .. Thanks a gain

@22.50 there is a yellow piece to the left of the CHIPS , is that tantalum as well?

@eWasteBen

8 жыл бұрын

+Thomas David no that thin long yellow thing is a kind of resistor, no real value

@thomasdavid6730

8 жыл бұрын

Thank You

mlcc's are marked with a c to so there's only one way to tell the difference is with the markings and so on?

@eWasteBen

8 жыл бұрын

+Nate Chaps they look completely different, but yes, all capacitors are marked with a c

Ok now, so why keep these capacitors? (Asking for a friend).

do u keep the yellow and black seperate?

@eWasteBen

8 жыл бұрын

+Nate Chaps yeah but you don't have to, they are processed the same

Hi guys I have a chance to become a e waste certified so the county can pay me to remove there e waste from the transfer station some tell me to not bothere cause of hazards in them what is your input I am in North East usa

what are the numbers on the boards that labels the parts

@eWasteBen

8 жыл бұрын

electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/25308/what-do-the-pcb-markings-mean

I have an old imac from 2000 and a laptop from 2006. What is the worth of the stuff in those`?

@eWasteBen

8 жыл бұрын

+NimlotArt probably worth more to sell second hand, scrapping them out is the last resort, I'd say under $15 for both scrapped out.

@NimlotArt

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy! Good to know. Both computers don't work, so it'd be impossible to sell them.

@eWasteBen

8 жыл бұрын

+NimlotArt the laptop is fiddly but you get a good board for gold recovery, the imac being an all in one has lots of goodies and might be fun to scrap and good for the experience if your going to scrap pc's more often

Any idea how much % of tantalum is inside of 100grams ?

@eWasteBen

4 жыл бұрын

about 24%

@akgoldbear7669

3 жыл бұрын

If you collect only yellow ones, then in 100 grams there will be no less 45 grams of tantalum and about 1 gram of silver 👌😉 kzread.info/dash/bejne/i6R1u5KRdNqTZpc.html

is there a way to test for tantalum

@eWasteBen

8 жыл бұрын

+Tony Starkey why? it's clear what they are as they are.

​is there any silver in them

@Dan-qj3dq

4 жыл бұрын

OK so yes there is kzread.info/dash/bejne/d2SIsLSHepSnmcY.html

@akgoldbear7669

3 жыл бұрын

@@Dan-qj3dq You helped learn more about this capacitor than eWaste Ben. Thanks! 👍😎

Hello Ben my name is Mark first let me thank you for all your help.I called a tantalum recycling company asked them could they send pics of the tantalum that they collect.He said just look on facebook.Still i wanted to know if you would send me the different types of capacitors.I know what smd ones look like thanks to you i just wanted to know what type is what type.

@eWasteBen

7 жыл бұрын

there's many different types of older tantalum capacitors, most common are the resin dipped, they usually have a large "L" on the side but they aren't very common anymore either, it's mostly all about the black & yellow SMD's and I wouldn't worry too much about the other types, there's quite a few pictures online of different types too, but just focus on smd's

recycle tantalum ? what for? thanks

@eWasteBen

6 жыл бұрын

you can sell them like anything else for metal recovery

tant caps are heavier than expected, smt are small sized anyway but this shows up quickly to me.

@rubber20021

7 жыл бұрын

on older boards (thru hole) you will find axial tant caps (silver coloured).

@rubber20021

7 жыл бұрын

values are 1uF and upto 470uf, 25 & 35 &50VDC are common, look at the weight also.

Its good to see recycling, but its a-lot of work for very little return, a lot of this e-waste recovery is done in 3rd world countries to keep costs down and its worth while, as the materials can be reused to make new caps for new products. very good

@andybroberg4767

7 жыл бұрын

you hit the nail on the head. i hav ea nest egg coming but i dont want to rely on it and i have made money before: its worth it if you do it smart and just understand the basic two reactions to get gold off of connectors (fingerrs) at least .. and then there are other parts that have some crazy components into them once you reduce them with other chemical reactions

so what are they worth

@eWasteBen

8 жыл бұрын

+Samantha Gallegos Tantalum is a conflict metal so when there's trouble in russia or sth africa it can go up seriously, at the moment not much, capacitors are like $30lb

How much do you earn with yellow and black capacitor

@eWasteBen

8 жыл бұрын

+Cedric Garzone It all adds up, there's more on circuit boards then tantalums, they are just a bonus

When costa a gramo tantalum.i beg you

coba kasih tutorial olah tantalum

which metals the tantalum capacitor has? someone can answer me..

@eWasteBen

8 жыл бұрын

+Fear Games tantalum is a metal

@feargames1673

8 жыл бұрын

+eWaste Ben tks! I ceramic capacitors almost 2 pound how do I take the silver and palladium ? I've seen several tutorials but none explains correctly. Thank you for returning .

@eWasteBen

8 жыл бұрын

That's the problem at the moment, not enough info online, I'm still learning to refine too

Dude how many times can you say Tantalum Capacitor?

@eWasteBen

9 жыл бұрын

David Parton I dunno, how many times did I say it? Maybe because there's so many other capacitors so I wanted to make it clear? not sure, it's a nice word don't you think? Tantalum Capacitors, TANTALUM CAPACITORS, See, sounds good.

Hy frnd yellow tantalum recover video upload full

check your blood Pb content.

who buys these smd tantalum caps

@eWasteBen

9 жыл бұрын

+sidney osborne I do, there's an american company that does too, I pay $35 kg

A lot of those black "tantalum capacitors" look a lot like SMD diodes to me.

You could have made this video in less than 10 mins if you didnt talk so much and keep repeating yourself.