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<p>[QUOTE="Kentucky, post: 2853782, member: 33176"]Yeah, but how do you do that...Beilstein test. Heat a copper wire (fairly thick or it will just form a bead in the flame) with a lighter of some sort. Touch the hot copper wire to a piece of the plastic to be tested (of course this is destructive, so either use a scrap piece, trim a sliver off, etc.) so that it melts onto the copper. Heat the copper wire in the flame again and look for a green coloration. 100% certain, no, there are some other materials that will test positive, but you shouldn't encounter them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Kentucky, post: 2853782, member: 33176"]Yeah, but how do you do that...Beilstein test. Heat a copper wire (fairly thick or it will just form a bead in the flame) with a lighter of some sort. Touch the hot copper wire to a piece of the plastic to be tested (of course this is destructive, so either use a scrap piece, trim a sliver off, etc.) so that it melts onto the copper. Heat the copper wire in the flame again and look for a green coloration. 100% certain, no, there are some other materials that will test positive, but you shouldn't encounter them.[/QUOTE]
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