soft solder
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of soft solder
First recorded in 1835–45
Example Sentences
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On the outside of this soft solder a strip of tin six inches or a trifle less in length, by one fourth inch wide and one thirty-second of an inch thick.
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The soft solders are composed mainly of tin and lead.
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There are several compounds on the market, consisting of soft solder in powder form, ready-mixed with flux.
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Thank you, my lad, I know you’re not talking soft solder, so as to get to wind’ard of me, like those fellows in there.
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Zinc alloys with soft solder very easily, and by so doing entirely spoils it, making, it "crumbly," dirty, and preventing it running.
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