handyrandyrc
01-15-2007, 04:20 PM
I have done a lot of reading the last week about CRT recycling. I know that most CRTs have quite a few (sometimes 5-6) pounds of lead in the picture tube. Supposedly it's to protect us from radiation somehow.
Does anyone know how that lead is reclaimed from a CRT? I know there are some VERY dangerous components inside a CRT (highly-charged capacitors, etc.) I'm sure there is a safe process to do it, but not knowing what's inside, I'm not certain how it all is done. Is the lead a coating of some sort? Would it be as easy as applying a torch to the glass and have it all melt off and capture it?
Does anyone know how that lead is reclaimed from a CRT? I know there are some VERY dangerous components inside a CRT (highly-charged capacitors, etc.) I'm sure there is a safe process to do it, but not knowing what's inside, I'm not certain how it all is done. Is the lead a coating of some sort? Would it be as easy as applying a torch to the glass and have it all melt off and capture it?