Jazper
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I've found that silver solder is slightly stronger than normal solder, but both work equally well in my experience.
Originally Posted by Dougigs With regard to ordering silver solder (mentioned by GregVDS): This isn't a big deal one way or another, but silver solder is actually slightly less conductive than good old 60/40. In order to get the 1 per cent silver (which really doesn't melt that easily), they need to drop the tin content and increase the lead content to lower the melting point. And lead is not as good a conductor as tin... So in order to get a tiny amount of silver, you're diminishing the electrical quality of the solder in general. The only place where you actually need silver solder is where you're soldering components (i.e. connectors) that have silver-plated contacts. Regular solder has a tendency to wick the silver plating off the contacts, and silver solder preserves it. Aside from that application, "regular" solder is actually slightly better electrically, and is easier to work with, and a lot cheaper (though as I said the differences aren't huge). |
I've found that silver solder is slightly stronger than normal solder, but both work equally well in my experience.