Soldering to Kanthal-A or Alloy-875 Resistance Wire
Soldering to Kanthal-A or Alloy-875 Resistance Wire
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My application does not involve elevated temperatures.
I would like to process the termination ends of Kanthal or Alloy-875 resistance wire to make it solderable with standard electronic solders.
I understand that Nichrome wire can be tinned using Steel solder flux with standard
solder provided that the acid flux is removed after tinning.
Nichrome-A – 80% Ni, 20% Cr
Nichrome-C - 61% Ni, 15% Cr, balance Fe
I would like to do something similar with Kanthal or Alloy-875 if possible.
Alloy 875 - 22.5% Cr, 5.5% Al, 5% Si, 1% C, balance Fe
Kanthal-A – 22.5% Cr, 5.3% Al, 0.7% Si, 0.08% C, 0.5% Mn Balance F3
Does anyone have application experience along these lines that they could share?
Thank you,
Erro11
I would like to process the termination ends of Kanthal or Alloy-875 resistance wire to make it solderable with standard electronic solders.
I understand that Nichrome wire can be tinned using Steel solder flux with standard
solder provided that the acid flux is removed after tinning.
Nichrome-A – 80% Ni, 20% Cr
Nichrome-C - 61% Ni, 15% Cr, balance Fe
I would like to do something similar with Kanthal or Alloy-875 if possible.
Alloy 875 - 22.5% Cr, 5.5% Al, 5% Si, 1% C, balance Fe
Kanthal-A – 22.5% Cr, 5.3% Al, 0.7% Si, 0.08% C, 0.5% Mn Balance F3
Does anyone have application experience along these lines that they could share?
Thank you,
Erro11





RE: Soldering to Kanthal-A or Alloy-875 Resistance Wire
RE: Soldering to Kanthal-A or Alloy-875 Resistance Wire
RE: Soldering to Kanthal-A or Alloy-875 Resistance Wire
For wire, a quick method is to heat the wire and dip into the flux bottle. But it's also a good way to crud up your flux.
You may find you need to do several heat/flux/wash/buff cycles before you get a smooth, evenly tinned surface.