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  1. 09-15-2008, 05:41 AM #11
    largon
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ruslan
    By the way a lot of people seem to think that the core and the IHS are soldered and this is simply not true. They use some hind of very strong silver adhesive that is no fully solid.
    That "very strong silver adhesive" is the proverbial "solder". It is a metal alloy containing tin and indium (probably) and it has a melting point around 100ºC.

    Here's a pic I took that shows how it looks:
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    Last edited by largon; 09-15-2008 at 06:02 AM.
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