Soldering uses alloys that melt below 840°F to join metals. Molten solder fills the space between surfaces to be joined, adheres to the surfaces, and solidifies. Typical soldering steps include: ...

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If you’ve ever tried to solder to aluminum, you know it isn’t easy without some kind of special technique. [SimpleTronic] recently showed a method that chemically plates copper onto aluminum and ...

Here’s a nice video from Steve Dahl of Digikey showing how you can use a heat gun to solder high-brightness LEDs to an aluminum substrate heat sink. In the demo he uses a Steinel programmable heat gun ...

Rated for capacitances from 10 to 680 µF at voltages from 6.3 to 63 V, the 140 CRH surface-mount aluminum capacitor is RoHS-compliant and supports Pb-free soldering. The capacitor measures from 8 x 8 ...

I snapped one of the crossbars in the aluminum frame of my futon (don't ask how), and was wondering if its possible to repair such a thing with solder? I have an iron and a ton of solder that I never ...

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The German research institute has unveiled a novel interconnection technology for shingled PV modules that eliminates the need for electrically conductive adhesives and screen-printed busbars. It ...

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