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Date:         Fri, 15 Jun 2012 17:02:49 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: friday - home made rosin flux
Comments: To: neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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At 03:55 PM 6/15/2012, neil n wrote: >And speaking of DIY flux, one can use Borax for silver brazing flux!

Ordinary powdered flux for "bronze" brazing is largely borax, but silver-brazing flux is a lot more complex (and nasty):

>Silver-brazing fluxes contain boric acid and >potassium borates, combined with complex >potassium fluoborate and fluoride compounds. >Fluorides, up to 40 percent in flux content, >give these fluxes their characteristically low >melting points, 1,050º F. and high activity for >dissolving metal oxides. Silver-brazing fluxes >that contain elemental boron offer improved >protection on carbides and on materials that >form refractory oxides such as chromium, nickel, and cobalt.

;-) d


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