E.V.s and Nickel.

An increasing proportion of new vehicles are being fitted with Lithium Iron Phosphate batteries now.  LiFePO batteries have a slightly lower capacity than LiIon, but don't need so much in the way of rare metals (iron is as common as muck), and are less flammable too.

I wonder what the scrap value of "nickel silver" is (I think it's actually a cupro-nickel alloy).  There must be a lot of old nickel silver cutlery still around.

I wonder what the scrap value of "nickel silver" is (I think it's actually a cupro-nickel alloy).  There must be a lot of old nickel silver cutlery still around.

well according to https://www.britannica.com/technology/nickel-silver it is typically 18% Nickel, mostly copper and some zinc.

Nickel is abou £30 per kilo for pure scrap.

http://coinapps.com/nickel/scrap/calculator/

Copper is about £9 kilo for pure scrap

so you will get about £13 per kilo for your old nickel silver. Unless really badly damaged it will be worth more to leave your Nickel Silver and EPNS  intact.

Mike

I wonder what the scrap value of "nickel silver" is (I think it's actually a cupro-nickel alloy).  There must be a lot of old nickel silver cutlery still around.

well according to https://www.britannica.com/technology/nickel-silver it is typically 18% Nickel, mostly copper and some zinc.

Nickel is abou £30 per kilo for pure scrap.

http://coinapps.com/nickel/scrap/calculator/

Copper is about £9 kilo for pure scrap

so you will get about £13 per kilo for your old nickel silver. Unless really badly damaged it will be worth more to leave your Nickel Silver and EPNS  intact.

Mike