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BULLETIN No. 2, issued by the International Tin Research and Development Council, contains a very interesting account of the history and modern uses of solders in a wide variety of forms. The pamphlet of some fifty pages, which has been prepared by D. J. Macnaughtan, director of research, and Dr. E. S. Hedges, is available free of charge, to all who are interested in the now numerous industries in which solder is used, from the International Tin Research and Development Council, Manfield House, 378 Strand, London, W.C.2. In 1933, 18,000 tons of tin was employed in the manufacture of solders, of which 5,000 tons was used by the motor-car industry and 4,500 tons by the canning and box-making trades. The bulletin indicates the rapid progress which is being made in the use of soldered joints in air conditioning, central heating and refrigerating plant as well as in the electrical industry. The ingenious types of machinery which have been designed for the soldering of parts in the motor-car radiator, and in the closing of tin plate cans, now produced in thousands of millions a year, are described. The compositions and physical properties of solders of representative grades are discussed and the reasons for the suitability of each kind for special purposes are shown. The importance of using the right type of flux is explained and practical details of the fluxing and tinning of a large number of metals and alloys are given. Not the least valuable portion of the bulletin is the appendix, in which are given references to a large number of the more important books, papers and specifications dealing with solders and the production of soldered joints.
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History and Uses of Solders. Nature 137, 62–63 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137062d0
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