Back to the basics of brazing and soldering.(FOCUS: REFRIGERATION TOOLS & TEST INSTRUMENTS) From: Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News | Date: March 6, 2006| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2006 BNP Media. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The processes of brazing, soldering, and welding are often miscategorized as all being welding.

In the process of welding, both the edge of the base metal and the filler metal are melted. During brazing and soldering, however, only the metal being added to join the parts is melted.

The difference between brazing and soldering is temperature. Soldering takes place at a lower temperature than brazing. Other than that, both processes are similar.

In both brazing and soldering the base metal must be heated to a temperature within a range where the bonding phase between ...

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