<div dir="ltr">Is it not a situation where heat-sink paste and screws/clamps would work?</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Aug 17, 2021 at 7:08 AM cheater cheater via Synth-diy <<a href="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org">synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi all,<br>
I am modifying a cooler and I was wondering if anyone had experience<br>
soldering copper to aluminum using pure indium or indium-silver solder<br>
In97Ag3.<br>
<br>
I have been able to deposit a good bond of solder to the heatsink in<br>
question using normal Sn60Pb39Cu1 (the Cu is for not dissolving solder<br>
tip plating) using AmTech NC-599-v2-TF flux.<br>
<br>
However, 60/40 will only have a thermal conductivity of 50 W/mK as<br>
opposed to 73 W/mK of the Indium-Silver solder or 83 W/mK of pure<br>
indium, plus indium and the indium solder melt at 156C and 143C<br>
respectively as opposed to 183-190C for normal 60/40. This is<br>
important because the heatsink itself has its fins soldered to the<br>
base using a solder which I think is at around 200-220C melting point.<br>
<br>
However, I am not aware of the properties of indium when soldering,<br>
and I am curious if anyone has any experience, or can suggest any good<br>
fluxes.<br>
<br>
I want to solder copper sheet metal (roughly 40x20x1.5mm) to a part<br>
copper, part aluminum heatsink base (the border between those two<br>
happens where I have to put down the sheet metal).<br>
<br>
I am hoping for a sturdy bond that will withstand some pressure and<br>
which will transfer heat well.<br>
<br>
BTW, I know this will require a lot of power from the soldering iron,<br>
I have six very powerful soldering irons available, and if need be I<br>
can use them all at once.<br>
_______________________________________________<br>
Synth-diy mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:Synth-diy@synth-diy.org" target="_blank">Synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a><br>
<a href="http://synth-diy.org/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://synth-diy.org/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy</a><br>
Selling or trading? Use <a href="mailto:marketplace@synth-diy.org" target="_blank">marketplace@synth-diy.org</a><br>
</blockquote></div>