solder
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1. solder - Noun
2. solder - Adjective
3. solder - Verb
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A metal or metallic alloy used when melted for uniting adjacent metallic edges or surfaces; a metallic cement.
anything which unites or cements.
To unite (metallic surfaces or edges) by the intervention of a more fusible metal or metallic alloy applied when melted; to join by means of metallic cement.
To mend; to patch up.
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solder these two pipes together
A clean unoxidised tip is tinned by applying a little solder and flux.
Alloying element roles Different elements serve different roles in the solder alloy: * Antimony is added to increase strength without affecting wettability.
A high-power part pre-tinned with an alloy of lead can therefore desolder under load when soldered with a bismuth-containing solder.
By using the hard, high-melting point solder first, followed by solders with progressively lower melting points, goldsmiths can assemble complex items with several separate soldered joints.
Cadmium is used in many kinds of solder and bearing alloys, because a low coefficient of friction and fatigue resistance.