At 11:04 AM 10/16/2002, George Goff wrote:
>I am fabricating a couple little doodads for my van's cooling system.  Sounds
>like a recipe for disaster, doesn't it?  Since the joints will be unstressed,
>I intend to use SOFT, silver bearing solder.  Does anybody know what kind of
>a fit, i.e., amount of gap, is needed in a socket to make a proper solder
>joint?  The material is brass and the tubing OD is about 3/8" (10 mm to you
>younger guys).

These folks specify 0.05-0.1mm clearance (.002-.004
prox.).
<http://www.nikhef.nl/pub/departments/mt/projects/Antares/Misc/Castolin157SolderInfo27aug02.pdf>

The alloy they're talking about seems to be 3.5% Ag, balance Sn with trace
elements.

david

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