Brazing solder

Description

Currently brazing solder refers to a hard, brass-color solder used for joining two pieces high-zinc brasses. It is composed of 51% copper and 49% zinc. Some ancient brazing solders also contained silver and were called silver solders.

Synonyms and Related Terms

hard solder; silver solder; brasure (Fr.); Hartlot (Deut.); hard soldeer (Ned.); solda de brasagem (Port.)

Authority

• David C. Scott, Metallography and Microstructure of Ancient and Historic Metals, The Getty Conservation Institute, Los Angeles, 1991

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

• G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 129

• The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998

• Website address 1 Comment: www.hants.org.uk/museums/ofr/cmeth_t.html