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#1 Posted : 01 July 2005 10:02:00(UTC)
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Posted By Joe Quinn I'm trying to find the temperature at which leaded solder fumes. Can anyone help? Cheers, Joe
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#2 Posted : 01 July 2005 10:17:00(UTC)
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Posted By Paul Leadbetter Joe The CLAW ACoP states that fuming should be insignificant below 500ÂșC Paul
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#3 Posted : 01 July 2005 11:24:00(UTC)
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Posted By Joe Quinn Paul, Many thanks - AND the reference too! Joe
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#4 Posted : 01 July 2005 11:54:00(UTC)
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Posted By Simon Carrier Joe We use leaded solder with rosin flux at a temperature of 320 degrees C at this temperature fumes are produced, these are then removed by local extraction. If you are soldering with leaded solder with rosin flux then suitable extraction should be provided and employees should undergo medical surveillance. Are you soldering or using it for another process? regards
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#5 Posted : 01 July 2005 12:00:00(UTC)
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Posted By chrys r martin Don't forget any flux present will come off well before these temperatures, most flux's contain nastys and are to be avoided - lev etc
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#6 Posted : 01 July 2005 12:09:00(UTC)
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Posted By MichaelM There should be material safety data sheets available for these products to help identify potential hazards. These should help.
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#7 Posted : 01 July 2005 12:41:00(UTC)
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Posted By Joe Quinn Thanks to everyone. We are soldering with leaded solder (colophony-free), use LEV (all in date) etc. I wanted to know the temperature to ensure we keep soldering iron tip temperatures below the level to help reduce fuming. Cheers, Joe
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