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Doug Miller wrote:
In article .com, "Father Haskell" wrote:


What's the mp for 63/37 eutectic?


361 F


Great stuff if you can find it. 60/40 wets slightly better, giving you

a faster joint, but 63/37 goes directly from molten to solid with no
"slush" phase in between, thus no cold joints. The solder looks
more like beads of Sterling silver than tin-lead alloy.