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Lead is a kind of sweetspot - easily available, it is a metal at room temperature and has low melting temperature. Probably tin (less available) and aluminum (h

by trhway 4y ago

Lead is a kind of sweetspot - easily available, it is a metal at room temperature and has low melting temperature. Probably tin (less available) and aluminum (higher temperature) would be the close contenders.

robocat 4y ago
Zinc? 420° Celsius. (Tin 232°) Japanese Repairman #9 (from a wonderful series) shows a man restoring one of his own vegetable (Daikon?) graters: he resurfaces the copper with a molten metal, any idea which? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mzOeKoYW6EQ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mzOeKoYW6EQ
- trhway 4y ago
  That is ancient classic - it is naturally for bronze (copper + tin) to be resurfaced with tin.