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 Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 11:53 am Post subject: how pure is the pins ?? |
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Exaclty, how pure is the gold % on the cpu's (karat) ??
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JAC
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| Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 3:38 pm Post subject: Re: how pure is the pins ?? |
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| Anonymous wrote: | Exaclty, how pure is the gold % on the cpu's (karat) ??
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Not very much. Gold plating over another metal.
Next time try googling.
http://www.finishing.com/415/65.shtml |
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chip68
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| Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 6:38 pm Post subject: |
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The correct answer is very nearly 100% pure, 24K. Because it's a soft metal, the gold is typically alloyed with a trace amount of cobalt and/or other metals to improve durability and increase solderability - usually less than 1%.
The purity of the gold plating and the gold content of the pins are two completely different things.
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