On Jun 30, 8:48=A0am, John Popelish <jpopel...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> C. Nick Kruzer wrote:
>
> =A0> John Popelish wrote:
> (snip)
>
> >> Ordinary silver solder will bond to both metals.
> >> But you have to keep the soldered joint well
> >> below the softening temperature of the solder
> >> for the joint to last.
>
> > Thanks for the the excellent soldering tips. I've used silver solder
fo=
r
> > putting together copper pipe. It's a little more expensive than
ordinar=
y
> > electronics solder (lead/tin/rosin core), but I'll only need a little
> > for the small wire job I have.
>
> I think I may have misused the term silver solder. =A0I should
> have said "silver braze", since I am not talking about a
> sliver bearing (i.e. 2% silver) low temperature tin lead
> solder (that you can use with a soldering iron), but with a
> silver alloy braze that you use with a flux and a torch. =A0I
> think the high silver alloys that contain a little nickel
> are good at wetting both stainless steel and copper, and
> nichrome is really a form of stainless steel. =A0However,
> there are a huge number of silver braze alloys available,
> and not all are suitable for joining copper and nichrome.
>
>
http://www.brazing.com/products/Braze_silver/http://www.silvaloy.com/hiag=
..php
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> John Popelish
Once you're done brazing a silver coating on the nichrome, it will be
wettable for regular solder (if you're soldering wire to a circuit
board).
Cheers
Chris
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