Hi,
Im putting together a capacitor bank and thought, ok, this one is going to have to last, so i bought some tiny brass flatbar and copper tube to use as heavy duty rails.
Now, ideally ide like to use the brass bars, since, being rectangular i can securely bolt them down, though i dont know how well they will solder.
Does anyone know how i go about soldering onto brass? I have 70% nitric acid and 95% sulfuric acid at my disposal which used together (or diluted sulfuric acid alone, but poorly) will strip the brass surface and electrochemically displace everything but copper leaving a pure copper finish, so i can solder directly onto copper which, as we all know is very much possible, from there a standard flux would keep the surface clean, also i have co2 and argon gas cannisters here if oxidation is an issue.
I want to do it using a soldering iron, looking up on the net, theres mixed results, some people say use an oxyacetylene torch, for soldering components to brass which seems strange, others say a soldering iron works just fine. I think they are mixing up soldering with welding and brazing.
So, does anyone have any pointed for soldering onto brass? or copper?
I have a feeling that i might stuff something up but i dont know what or where.
Im putting together a capacitor bank and thought, ok, this one is going to have to last, so i bought some tiny brass flatbar and copper tube to use as heavy duty rails.
Now, ideally ide like to use the brass bars, since, being rectangular i can securely bolt them down, though i dont know how well they will solder.
Does anyone know how i go about soldering onto brass? I have 70% nitric acid and 95% sulfuric acid at my disposal which used together (or diluted sulfuric acid alone, but poorly) will strip the brass surface and electrochemically displace everything but copper leaving a pure copper finish, so i can solder directly onto copper which, as we all know is very much possible, from there a standard flux would keep the surface clean, also i have co2 and argon gas cannisters here if oxidation is an issue.
I want to do it using a soldering iron, looking up on the net, theres mixed results, some people say use an oxyacetylene torch, for soldering components to brass which seems strange, others say a soldering iron works just fine. I think they are mixing up soldering with welding and brazing.
So, does anyone have any pointed for soldering onto brass? or copper?
I have a feeling that i might stuff something up but i dont know what or where.