Ahh, not really. It is to clean the metal and help the solder flow.Flux is designed to improve electrical contact and mechanical strength in solder joints.
Same thing really...just primary or secondary effects.Ahh, not really. It is to clean the metal and help the solder flow.
No, "not the same thing really" at all...Same thing really...just primary or secondary effects.
No, because those two work with different mechanisms and have different goals. In this case it's just the goal and how you achieve that goal. Would you say someone is wrong for saying "soap is designed to clean your skin" and correct them with "soap is designed to adhere water molecules to oil and grease molecules"?No, "not the same thing really" at all...
...unless you are the type of person that would explain that soap and antibiotics are the same thing.
I've got to agree with Shortbus.Ahh, not really. It is to clean the metal and help the solder flow.
Funny but after doing a Google on this they all come back to what I said and couldn't find one agreeing with you. But I'm willing to learn, can you link something to what you said?Same thing really...just primary or secondary effects.
Not written anywhere. It's just more logic and the way language works more than anything else. What does flux do? Clean the metal and help the solder flow. Why do you use it? Improve electrical contact and mechanical strength. As far as I'm concerned, both are correct when you tack them onto the end of "Flux is designed to _________________". The only difference is one is the objective and one is mechanism to accomplish that objective.Funny but after doing a Google on this they all come back to what I said and couldn't find one agreeing with you. But I'm willing to learn, can you link something to what you said?
Stop being facetious. You know exactly what I mean.So, is your claim that flux makes the plane fly, or that the flux transports people?
"Facetious" would require this topic to be serious, while my comment must be both humorous AND inappropriate. I doubt anyone would claim we have the necessary trifecta.facetious
No, your, " Improve electrical contact and mechanical strength." is the result of my, " Clean the metal and help the solder flow". Without the clean and help flow you won't get the improved electrical and mechanical part.Not written anywhere. It's just more logic and the way language works more than anything else. What does flux do? Clean the metal and help the solder flow. Why do you use it? Improve electrical contact and mechanical strength. As far as I'm concerned, both are correct when you tack them onto the end of "Flux is designed to _________________". The only difference is one is the objective and one is mechanism to accomplish that objective.
Just like saying a 747 is designed to fly vs a 747 is designed to transport people. The former is the mechanism/method and the latter is the ultimate objective. Neither is wrong. One is just more technical.
There will be some oxidation as the copper heats up to the solder flow temperature.Flux can be competency avoided and still get a strong bond between solder and copper
Ok, I'll tell the chemists and material scientists who worked on the project.There will be some oxidation as the copper heats up to the solder flow temperature.
The joint can never be as good as with a flux to remove that.
Well, that was the point of the research project - proving that cleaning the metal surface works just like a flux. [/quote]Or is it that the chemicals in the buffing compound/polish happen to work as a flux?
So what do you call a flux that is not a flux?Many chemicals can be used other than conventional flux..