The melting point will always be the melting point. Unless of course you
change the alloy a bit prior to soldering.

You're talking about the gold acting as a heat-sink thus making the time to
temperature longer?

Of course it could happen, but the difference would probably not be
noticeable.

Franklin D Asbell



----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Tilbrook <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 7:27 AM
Subject: Re: [TN] while you're on the subject of GOLD...


> I was wondering more what the difference in temperature would be? For
example,
> would high temperature solder behave like a low temperature solder if it
was making
> contact with gold? Probably not, but would the melting point change by a
degree
> centigrade or two, or or would it be more?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Richard
>
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