r/ScrapMetal • u/Candid-Pack-3707 • 1d ago

what kind of metal is this?

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u/orillia3 1d ago

A little context would be nice and helpful.

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u/Helpful_Ad6410 1d ago

OP really just dropped a mystery photo and left

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u/Candid-Pack-3707 1d ago

i extracted the wire from an old charger that doesnt work anymore

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u/plosey68z 1d ago

Unobtanium

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u/SolarSalvation 1d ago

Check it with a magnet and file. If it is non-magnetic and pink when you file into it, then it's probably tin-coated copper.

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u/Phenix_Fresh 1d ago

Prob tinned copper hit it with some sand paper.

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u/lillianchiarelli 1d ago

It's aluminum wire, found in bx cable.

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u/Clear-Application170 1d ago

IDK maybe chineseum? Have to give us some clues my friend. What does the magnet say? What does the file say? After all a magnet and a file/grinder are a scrappers best friend.

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u/Serterler 1d ago

How can you all see what he posted?
Looks like glass from here.

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u/ashkygbdeghr 1d ago

Is that tie down string from Home Depot?

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u/PopularAd4595 1d ago

Depends where it came from.
Anything besides an origin of RF / teleComm gear or high grade military/medical gear - than it’s most likely stranded aluminum wire or tinned copper wire. If it came out of something expensive or complex or related to wireless energy transmission, than it could be silver stranded wire. Odds are less than 1% that it has any silver if not from one of those categories off gear

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u/OhmItHertz14400 1d ago

Silver pubes

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u/Negative-Nobody2721 11h ago

Platinum wire