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Yeah, well standard drivel from lead soldier connoseurs. The flux used for tin-bismuth or tin-germanium solders is exactly same. No point to perpetuate extracti
by SomeoneFromCA 3y ago
Yeah, well standard drivel from lead soldier connoseurs. The flux used for tin-bismuth or tin-germanium solders is exactly same. No point to perpetuate extraction of poisonous substances.
- mikewarot 3y agoSo you want me to remove all the lead/tin solder from the stuff I'm repairing... and do WHAT with it, exactly? I've been using the same roll of Kestler fine solder since the I got it about 20 years ago at the Dayton hamfest. I'm not exactly a bulk distributor of the stuff. The ad-hominem attacks are un-called for. I was merely pointing out that the other used of lead involved boiling them off... and thus the lead was far, far more likely to go EVERYWHERE as a result.
- SomeoneFromCA 3y ago"20 years ago at the Dayton hamfest". yeah explains a lot. There is a lot animosity from older gen EEs towards lead free solder, lot of lies as the flux is more poisonous etc., however the point is in fact is not only personal harm, but reduction of consumption of lead at first place. The less lead is produced and thrown away the better.
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- mikewarot 3y agoOk, so I'll keep using my old solder, and buy the new stuff next time I need more solder. (Unless of course, someone gives me more of the old stuff before then, in which case its best to use it, and keep it away from the landfill)