flux
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8.5
- noun
- /flʌks/
- Specialized
- To solder the metal pieces together, you need to add flux to remove any impurities.
- solder flux
Examples
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Then we're going to add a little bit of flux just around the pins that we're trying to reattach here.
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"Lead free" means that solders and flux may not contain more than 0.2% lead, and that pipes, pipe fittings, and well pumps may not contain more than 8% lead.
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But for this we want the flux out of the solid region.
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And then I would have some flux in the core which is doing this, right.
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So let's add a little bit of flux onto here.
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I am going to add some flux to that and then solder it up.
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While grappling with their new findings, the Clarks discovered that their data are consistent with a model of global carbon flux developed by Charles David Keeling, a pioneering chemist with the Scripps Institution.
Academic text (2007) -
It retrieves a variety of different-style connectors from a fixture, dips them in solder flux and then solder, and returns them to the fixture.
Academic text (2007) -
For these reasons, the 1986 Safe Drinking Water Amendments prohibited the use of lead pipes, solder, and flux in plumbing connected to a public water system (19). "Lead free," as defined in the act, means no more than 0.2% lead in solders and flux and no more than 8% lead in pipes and pipe fittings (19).
Academic text (1994) -
When making jewelry, applying flux before soldering helps ensure a strong bond.
Synonyms
1
8.3
A paste or liquid used to clean metal so two parts join when heated
Compounds
- Specialized
2
7.1
The amount of magnetic field that goes through an area, for example a wire loop
- Specialized
1
7.6
The amount of energy or particles that pass through each unit of area each second
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1
7.2
How much invisible force from a magnet passes through one square area
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1
8.3
A paste or liquid used to clean metal so two parts join when heated
- Specialized
A measure of how much magnetic or electric field passes through an area, for example the tesla
- Specialized
A unit that measures the strength of a magnetic field through an area
Surface Forms
Etymology
Flux for the material added to molten metal comes from the same idea of fluere, 'to flow'. A flux helps impurities move and leave the metal, making the metal flow more cleanly, which is why the name fits.