Radiadores automotrices de latón/cobre [Ocean] con Terry McHale, West Coast Recycling)
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Range Lead with Eric Zwilsky, Potomac Metals
Description Range Lead is made up of spent rounds from shooting ranges and military institutions. This grade is a mixture of lead and other non-ferrous metals depending on what the bullets were made out of, to begin with, often copper and or brass. It is vital to inspect this material for live rounds to avoid
Alucobond®
Description Alucobond® is most often found in building applications. It is made up of a plastic-type material sandwiched between really thin aluminum sheets with tape or a sticker on top of that. It is not a very common item, but you will still come across it occasionally in the scrapyard, often mixed in with the
What is a Scrapyard
Description A scrap yard is where the end-of-life metal comes to be processed. When looking at the three ‘R’s’: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle is always last. When an item can not be reused, it should never be thrown in the garbage; instead, it should be taken to a scrapyard. At the scrapyard, metal will be sorted,
Zinc Dross [Seal | Seam]
Description Zinc Dross is produced during the galvanizing process at a galvanizing facility. Top Zinc Dross [Seal] is skimmed from the top of the tank and often contains impurities resulting in a lower price. Bottom Zinc Dross [Seam] is almost pure zinc as it rests at the bottom of the tank. The price gap is
Zinc Anodes
Description Zinc Anodes are the most common form of zinc found in a scrap yard. While these can be considered dirty zinc due to the iron bar down the center, they should be kept separate due to their uniform recovery. Zinc anodes typically come from marine applications as they are used to prevent corrosion to
Dirty [Irony] Zinc
Description Zinc is often screwed or clamped onto other pieces of metal for corrosion resistance. When these are left attached, the material is then considered dirty or irony zinc. Upgrade potential Removing the steel attachments is one potential upgrade and another is the possibility of finding Cast Aluminum [Tense] mixed in with the other zinc