"Tim Williams" wrote in message
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"Ed Huntress" wrote in message
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I also have soldered glass. Yes, solder wets glass. It's a process used
in
making some scientific apparatus, which is where I learned how to do it.
Don't ask me the details; it's been too long for me to remember.

I wonder if the alloy contained gallium or indium?

No, it's done with tin/lead solder. It was used to make a lot of electronic
hardware during WWII. You probably could look it up.

Ed Huntress