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Liquid lead has a certain amount of vapor pressure even before it boils. Just like you can have water evaporate even when you're at temperatures below 100 C yo
by Symmetry 8y ago
Liquid lead has a certain amount of vapor pressure even before it boils. Just like you can have water evaporate even when you're at temperatures below 100 C you can have lead enter the air even when you're below 1749 C.
- blattimwind 8y agoThere is no leaded solder any more in consumer electronics. Even for leaded solder, the smoke comes from the flux core. You'll notice melting unfluxed leaded solder produces essentially no smoke.
- mlindner 8y agoSolids also have a vapor pressure. Yes you've increased the vapor pressure, but you're way below the temperature where significant vapors are released.