Difference between revisions of "Brazing solder"
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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | Currently brazing solder refers to a hard, brass-color solder used for joining two pieces high-zinc brasses. It is composed of 51% [ | + | 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 == | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | ||
Revision as of 12:04, 9 January 2014
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