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On 18/07/2014 09:38, harryagain wrote:
Probably lead based solder will disappear altogether in the near future.
I think the replacement is mostly zinc.


Lead free solder is about 95% tin with a bit of silver and a couple of
other minor ingrediants. Tin's easily confused with zinc, as it's a
metal....

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