On Dec 3, 16:08, Carlos Murillo-Sanchez wrote: point even Not usually; the whole point of most silver solders is that they have a low melting point compared to, say, brazing alloys, and can be used with a butane or propane torch in air. The cadmium-free ones, though, are used because they don't adversely affect other materials (eg titanium) and they have rather higher melting points, similar to brazing alloy or even higher. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Dept. of Computer Science University of York