Let's don't get carried away with cadmium toxicity. Yes, it is toxic is sufficient dose but the LD50 dose for Cd is 750 mg/kg while the value for lead is around 450mg/kg.
As far as dumping it in a solder pot, that works just fine for me. It's cheaper to buy 50/50 plumber's bar solder and then add the appropriate amount of lead to get to the eutectic point. One should also realize that cad-plated hardware is still available. I get mine from McMaster-Carr. John On 10/28/2016 12:39 PM, ed breya wrote: > I would recommend against trying to use cadmium - it's very toxic, which > is why Cd-based solders are rare nowadays. They are probably still made, > but for lab or industrial use with proper handling. If you try to alloy > it with Sn yourself without proper handling, you could get poisoned. You > can't just throw the ingredients in a solder pot and expect good results. > > Ed > _______________________________________________ > volt-nuts mailing list -- volt-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volt-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > -- John DeArmond Tellico Plains, Occupied TN http://www.tnduction.com <-- THE source for induction heaters http://www.neon-john.com <-- email from here http://www.johndearmond.com <-- Best damned Blog on the net PGP key: wwwkeys.pgp.net: BCB68D77 _______________________________________________ volt-nuts mailing list -- volt-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volt-nuts and follow the instructions there.