Gareth Magennis wrote:
> "Don Pearce" <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:32:07 GMT, "Gareth Magennis"
>> <sound.service@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>>> "don pearce" <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>> Gareth Magennis wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> does anyone know where you can get Chipquick stuff in the UK?
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.chipquikinc.com/
>>>>>
>>>>> I noticed CPC listed on the US website but UK CPC doesn't seem to
have
>>>>> it.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Any alternatives? What is this stuff anyway?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Gareth.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> It is an alloying material that lowers the melting point of the
solder
>>>> to
>>>> a very low temperature.
>>>>
>>>> d
>>>
>>>
>>> So the combination of the two substances produces an alloy with a
lower
>>> melting point than the chipquick stuff itself?
>>>
>>>
>>> Gareth.
>>>
>> Don't know about that, but certainly much lower than the solder
>> itself.
>>
>> d
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>> Pearce Consulting
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> OK, seems that the chipquick alloy melts at 57 degrees C. Mix that with
> solder and you get a very useful reduction in desolder temperature, no
fancy
> physics involved.
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> Gareth.
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57? That presumably makes it some alloy like Wood's Metal. I remember
the chemistry lab demo of this stuff. A teaspoon was moulded from it and
when it was used to stir some hot water in a beaker it melted.
d
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