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Old July 30th 06, 10:45 PM posted to uk.radio.amateur,rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc
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Default What's the story on solder these days?

In article , huLLy
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Prometheus wrote:

Lead free solder is impossible as solder is an alloy of lead and tin.
Anything else would not be solder!


Wrong again, see:

http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/solder?view=uk
http://www.chemicool.com/definition/solder.html


And you will probably need to replace your soldering iron too.


Unless it's a decent TCP in which case you might only need more mass
rather than a higher temperature.

One important note; do not mix solder types.
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Ian G8ILZ