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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!dtix!mimsy!Think.COM
  2. From: rpalmer@Think.COM (Ralph Palmer)
  3. Newsgroups: rec.guns
  4. Subject: silver solders melting temperatures
  5. Message-ID: <1h9ttaINN45f@early-bird.think.com>
  6. Date: 23 Dec 92 17:17:39 GMT
  7. Sender: magnum@mimsy.umd.edu
  8. Organization: Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge MA, USA
  9. Lines: 13
  10. Approved: gun-control@cs.umd.edu
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  13. My solder alloy melting temperature guide gives the following data:
  14. percents are listed by mass
  15.  
  16. Temp        %tin    %lead    %silver
  17. 183C (361F)    62    38        <--This is "standard" solder
  18. 221C (430F)        96.5    3.5
  19. 304C (579f)        97.5    2.5
  20.  
  21. These temperatures are not really that great.  Does anyone know what 
  22. the composition of the silver solder in question?
  23.  
  24.                 Ralph Palmer
  25.