[Boatanchors] Solder

[Richard Knoppow]

      A long time ago Ersin made Multicore solder with a small amount of 
copper added.  This was to prevent the solder from dissolving copper 
soldering iron tips.  It worked well.

On 5/10/2015 1:06 PM, Rob Atkinson wrote:
> Thanks--I just learned something.  Boatanchors list comes through again!
>
> 73
>
> Rob
> K5UJ
>
> On Sun, May 10, 2015 at 2:47 PM, D C _Mac_ Macdonald <k2gkk at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> 63/37 is "eutectic" solder.  That means it melts at the lowest possible
>> temperature with those two components.
>>
>> It matters if you are on circuit boards and with highly heat sensitive
>> components.
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