What does a soldering iron do?

Question

I am still confused at what a soldering iron actually does...

Answer 1

it melts the solder. without burning it.

Answer 2

A soldering iron delivers a controlled amount of heat to a metal joint that you want to make continuous. For example, lengths of rain gutter on houses are often soldered to prevent dripping at joints. Soldering is used to create jewelry, and is also used to join electrical and electronic circuit components.

You clean the parts you want to join with steel wool and alcohol, then coat it with flux. The flux clears residue from the metals and prevents the creation of additional residues during the soldering process. The heat must be sufficient to melt the solder so it will flow onto the heated surface. Traditionally solder has been an alloy of lead and tin, but current standards mandate no use of lead. When the solder melts onto the metal surfaces, it interpenetrates with the metal surfaces, creating an additional alloy composed of solder and the metals being joined. So it is not like glueing two pieces of wood together; the metal surfaces actually become one thing.

Answer 3

Melts solder for the purpose of joining 2 metalic surfaces. For example- copper or gold wires, gold or silver necklaces; switch contacts,etc.

Solder (the noun) is a metalic blend of 2 metals which have a lower temperature coefficeint and sometimes a rosin core.

The soldering iron melts the solder to make the connection possible. In electronics the best solder is resin core lead (pb). The physical connection makes current flow possible.

Answer 4

What type of soldering iron?

In general terms, a soldering iron heats two metals in order to melt solder that will be used to join them. Solder itself is a metal alloy that possesses a lower melting point that the metals that it joins. The solder does not alloy to the metals, nor does it require the metals themselves to be bonded. Generally a soldered joint is not as strong as the metals it joins.

The soldering iron itself utilizes a heating element to heat the metal tip of the soldering iron. Heat can either be from electrical resistance or a fuel gas (i.e. butane).

There are alternatives to a traditional soldering iron. For instance, resistance between the two metals to be joined can be used to provide localized heating thus melting the solder.

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Answer 6

It heats the metal being soldered to a temperature sufficient to melt the solder when it is touched to the metal it will melt.

If you just melt the solder you will get a cold solder joint.

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Answer 8

Uh, solders?

Answer 9

solders a wire onto a electrical component

Answer 10

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