This bonding metal, usually tin and lead, is called "solder." It comes as wire on a spool, heated to its melting point by an electric tool called a soldering iron (or soldering gun). Soldering is most ...

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There’s nothing cosier than snuggling up into a bed warmed by an electric blanket. But as we keep an ever-watchful eye on our energy bills, many of us have been asking, how much does it cost to run an ...

Tin is still a critical metal, now for its use in circuit-board soldering rather than in preserved food, and the U.S.

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This bench trick focuses on fine cable and rope chains with tiny links made from extremely thin wire. It is difficult to manipulate these links, reconnect them and then solder them. Study the chain to ...

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The United States hasn't had a tin smelter since 1991. That year marked the closure of the Longhorn plant in Texas, which was ...

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As the US government is discovering, investing in new scrap processing capacity is far cheaper and greener than building new ...