[Jewelry making - Article 00271] - Re: [Orchid] Argentium Sterling and solder

[Trevor]

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>     What you are experiencing is called liquation. The leftover non
>     melted bits of the solder are called a "skull". This occurs with
>     solders (any solder not just Argentium solders) that have a wide
>     melting range when they are slowly heated through their melting
>     range..... 

    Thank you James, as usual a fine contribution to the discussion at
    hand. 

    Good to hang a name on this. I had read a relatively non-tech
    version of the same thing elsewhere and certainly suspected as much
    from my own experiences but your info frames the whole thing quite
    nicely. 

Cheers,
Trevor F.
in The City of Light
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