Bright Shiny Platinum Could Be Hiding in Your Dented and Dirty Old Labware
Maybe you just bought a building or a company where a testing lab was located. Or maybe you work at a university and need to dispose of labware that is no longer used in your science and engineering programs.
Before you order a dumpster and toss it all, give us a call. Those old crucibles, tongs and other mismatched stuff might look like they’re made of stainless steel or even aluminum, but chances are that they are made of platinum, which is currently trading at over $1,400.00/troy ounce.
Here are some items that you should be on the lookout for.
- Crucibles, dishes and lids
- Evaporation dishes
- The long testing containers known as “boats”
- Testing electrodes including Fischer, Winkler, Wölbing and Schöniger electrodes*
- Ignition dishes, in which materials to be tested are ignited
- Tubes that connect testing tanks
- Wire wool, perforated disks, meshes, and filters
- Tongs, tweezers, and spatulas used to handle materials that are being tested
* The mesh in these electrodes contains platinum
Not Sure What Precious Metals You Have that Can Be Recycled?
It’s easy to overlook the potential value that could be hiding in some of the items described above – who would think that a jumble of dirty old metal mesh contains platinum and rhodium and could be worth hundreds of dollars? If you would like to learn how much your used laboratory gear could be worth, give us a call at 800-426-2344.
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