MessageI liked whats a dime:-) Tres' Cool....It was indeed an older dime =
with high silver concentrate...I sort of figured it melted into the =
solder...but that was only a guess that many years ago...
I do agree with this one tho':
>"My guess is that the dime went into solution. Dimes were silver which
>is very soluble in lead/tin (solder.) This is why there are solder
>alloys with 1 to 2 % silver available for electronics, primarily SMT
>components which used to commonly use silver terminations, in order to
>avoid dissolving the termination when the component was soldered on."
That is my best guess also...It would be interesting if anyone has an =
old silver
dime and tried to do this..Mind you I was very young and very bored...so =
I left the tip in
the bottlecap of solder to heat it up...My original notion came from =
when I was a kid...broke
a thermometer and the mercury covered my dimes...it was very =
interesting...I am sure some
others have done that trick...??!!
...and finally this one which I am sure you all read:
>Were any of your fellow technicians impaled in the superstructure...
>or did they briefly show up at places hundreds of miles away? Was
>the building being energized by large high-voltage generators? Did
>you here the whup-whup of black helicopter blades overhead?
Ha!..We I am a sceptic and have a heavy belief in science... so that =
conspiratorial theory
was not plausible...My only other notion was that someone saw me do it =
and
after I left for a service call, melted solder and took dime...but =
knowing the other
tech...probably not...
Thanks guys!
Was that one of those really old dimes ... back when they were 95% =
sikver ?
=20
I suspect that it was still there, but had done a shape shifter trick.
=20
Mark
New Zealand
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ps: what's a dime ?
Message
I liked whats a dime:-) Tres' Cool....It was indeed an older dime =
with high=20
silver concentrate...I sort of figured it melted into the solder...but =
that was=20
only a guess that many years ago...
I do agree with this one tho':
>"My guess is that the dime went into solution. Dimes were =
silver=20
which
>is very soluble in lead/tin (solder.) This is why =
there are=20
solder
>alloys with 1 to 2 % silver available for =
electronics,=20
primarily SMT
>components which used to commonly use silver =
terminations,=20
in order to
>avoid dissolving the termination when the component =
was=20
soldered on."
That is my best guess also...It would be interesting if anyone has =
an old=20
silver
dime and tried to do this..Mind you I was very young and very =
bored...so I=20
left the tip in
the bottlecap of solder to heat it up...My original notion came =
from when I=20
was a kid...broke
a thermometer and the mercury covered my dimes...it was very=20
interesting...I am sure some
others have done that trick...??!!
..and finally this one which I am sure you all read:
>Were any of your fellow technicians impaled in the=20
superstructure...
>or did they briefly show up at places hundreds of miles away? =
Was
>the building being energized by large high-voltage generators?=20
Did
>you here the whup-whup of black helicopter blades =
overhead?
Ha!..We I am a sceptic and have a heavy belief in science... so =
that=20
conspiratorial theory
was not plausible...My only other notion was that someone saw me do =
it=20
and
after I left for a service call, melted solder and took dime...but =
knowing=20
the other
tech...probably not...
Thanks guys!
Was that one of those really =
old dimes=20
... back when they were 95% sikver ?
I suspect that it was still =
there, but=20
had done a shape shifter trick.
Mark
New Zealand
ps: what's a dime =
?