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Default why 60-40 solder?

"Smitty Two" wrote in message
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It's not whether you can melt it, it's how it hardens. Eutectic solder
hardens very suddenly. 60/40 solder goes through a fleeting stage of
being
viscous but not yet completely hard. I'd like to hear more about this,
but
I'm told some people prefer the "feel" of one vs. the other.


If you're going to quote me, I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't snip all
contextual relevance out of the discussion. As it is, your post might
appear to the casual observer as bearing some relevance to the topic at
hand. It may be a response to the OP, but it certainly isn't relevant to
the sub-topic of sequential soldering using a variety of formulations.


I am indeed trying to discuss the original topic of the thread. The
original poster's question interested me, an nobody has responded to it.