Passport RFID 
I’m sure most people are aware that almost all countries use NFC in their passports.
This biometric symbol is usually printed on the front cover of biometric passports (
), indicating that an electronic chip has been embedded in the passport and the polycarbonate leaf in the front of the passport
I had an old passport that I was going to destroy
The keen observers amongst you will note the shredder marks along the edge, I was just about to destroy this, but Idecided that It may be worth documenting this…for some reason 
Anyway
Here’s the “DangerousThings X-Ray” ™
Here’s the half melty of the polycarbonate, I used Acetone, as my preferred chloroform stocks are running low ( I’ve been a busy boy 
) 
TagInfo Chip Info
Read Range
Of course the readers at Ports of Entry are normally a forced surface contact read.
However, as a quick Idea, A Phone is ~20mm Flipper ~40mm
Thats probably enough about that