Dean Heck, you can solder untarnished steel with 63/37. Substantial issues relating to fluxing and defluxing aside, low-alloy steels have ~2% weight of refractory materials [ie, Si, Cr, Mn, etc] that are very difficult to solder. Dave Fish ----- Original Message ----- From: "May William D (Dean) CNIN" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 6:47 AM Subject: [TN] Solder alloy for 1010 Steel > We have some 1010 cold rolled steel board stiffeners that require soldering > to a circuit card like a through-hole part. Does anyone know if there are > any solder alloys that will wet to 1010 steel? We could have them > electroplated with tin/lead to make them solderable but was curious if there > was an alternative. > > Thanks for your consideration! > > Wm. Dean May > NSWC Crane > Bldg. 38, Code 6086 > 300 Highway 361 > Crane, IN 47522 > 812-854-3073 > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- > Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d > To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in > the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet > To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL > To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest > Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives > Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm for additional > information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------