Soldering
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Soldering joins two metal surfaces using a filler metal called solder. The surfaces are heated, melting the solder, which is then allowed to cool and solidify, creating a strong and durable joint.
Using a soldering iron to desolder a contact from a wire
Small figurine being created by soldering
A silversmith hard soldering of silver rings using flux and silver solder wire.
Soldered copper pipes
Printed circuit board
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A printed circuit board, also known as a printed wiring board, is a laminated sandwich structure of conductive and insulating layers, each with a pattern of traces, planes and other features etched fr
Soldering
…to cool and solidify, creating a strong and durable joint. Soldering is commonly used in the electronics industry for the manufacture and repair of printed circuit boards (PCBs) and other electronic components. It is also used in plumbing and metalwork, as well as in the manufacture of jewelry and other decorative items…
Printed circuit board of a DVD player
Part of a 1984 Sinclair ZX Spectrum computer board, a printed circuit board, showing the conductive traces, the through-hole paths to the other surface, vias connecting traces on both sides, and some electronic components mounted using through-hole mounting
Proximity fuze Mark 53 production line 1944
Through-hole (leaded) resistors on a paper tape. When mounted to a PCB, the resistors are removed from the tape and their leads are trimmed to required length.