Assuming the metal is copper, the melting point is just over 1900F. Plastics tend to five off harmful fumes, and it would be difficult to cleanly remove it from the metal leads, too. Do you just want to see how the internals of the flash drive are wired?

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From: "Michael Havens" <bmike1@gmail.com>
To: "PLUG" <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org>
Subject: usb drive
Date: Tue, Aug 27, 2013 3:10 PM

coooool. you know I was crying about my USB drive this weekend? Well, I thought to myself that today would be a good day to throw it away. Well thank goodness curiosity got my attention; I grabbed a pair of pliers and broke the plastic housing. That left me with the metal housing. I was looking at it wondering if I could take it apart further when I stood it up and the  plastic inside just slid out. I look at it (I have magnifyin vision)and it looks as if what they do is mold plastic around the circuitry because all the plastic is, is a slab wich is 1/16" thick by 1" long with no metal showing except 4 contacts one one end and 2 tiny contacts on the other end (same side). Anyone know how I can take it apart further. I'm thinking I coucd melt the plastic but am unsure. How hot should I turn the oven up too?

:-)~MIKE~(-:

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