Brewers, I want to try using an inkjet to moisten a mix of Cu, Sn/Pb and flux powders to make them stick together and to a substrate. Then I can dump or blow the remaining dry powders off and reflow the solder to hold the copper to the substrate. I've been looking for powdered copper, solder and flux. I've had some success with finding copper (10g/$, 0.5 kg min). So far, no joy on powdered (dry) flux. Powdered solder exists, and I have even seen references to flux coated solder (reduces oxidation), but so far, I have not found a company that sells powdered solder. They only seem to produce it for use in solder paste. Do any of you know of an electronics friendly, dry flux powder? Water soluble is even better. I've found a number of flux powders, but they all seem to be for brazing. One that I don't know what it's used for is Ammonium Chloride: UnitedNuclear.com says: "Ammonium Chloride is a common soldering flux used for joining metals together." Does anyone know if NH4Cl is suitable for electronics? If so, I can get 2 oz for $2 there. Any ideas on solder powder supplies? Do any of you live in Southern California? I don't have a laser printer yet, and would like to try a couple of things. I'm in the Thousand Oaks area. Now that you know, please don't stalk me ;-) RM
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Inkjet printing to make powdered copper,solder, flux stick to substrate
2004-03-20 by Richard Mustakos
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