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Old 16th Mar 2018, 9:02 pm   #39
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Default Re: Availability of Leaded Solder?

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Originally Posted by The Philpott View Post
I just discovered that my old reels of Rosin cored 18SWG (badged as SAV1 alloy) are 50% Sn, 48.5% Pb and 1.5% Cu. It has never seemed to be quite as flowable/user friendly as 60/40.
Multicore make some stuff called Savbit that's meant to prolong the life of soldering iron bits. According to Farnell's that's 50% tin, 49% lead and 1% copper.
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