Aluminum solder

Description

1) Any hard solder that contains aluminum.

2) Any soft solder used for joining aluminum. Aluminum solders are usually an alloy of tin (50-85%) and zinc (15-50%). They may also contain lead, cadmium, gold, copper, or silver.

Synonyms and Related Terms

Aluminiumlot (Deut.); soldadura de aluminio (Esp.); solda de alumnio (Port.)

Authority

• MSDS Sheet

• G.S.Brady, G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 741

• Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996