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Old July 30th 06, 08:08 PM posted to uk.radio.amateur,rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc
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Default What's the story on solder these days?
Prometheus wrote:

Lead free solder is impossible as solder is an alloy of lead and tin.
Anything else would not be solder!

Wrong again, see:

http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/solder?view=uk
http://www.chemicool.com/definition/solder.html

And you will probably need to replace your soldering iron too.
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