solder

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Over the past century, lead was used in paint, pipes, solder, and, most disastrously, automotive fuel.

From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2024

So from a young age, I learned how to solder motherboards and inventory microchips and would write marketing materials for COMDEX, which was the big computer trade show back then.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2024

Many homes built before the 1986 Safe Drinking Water Act have either lead pipes or lead solder in the plumbing systems.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 5, 2023

The solder dot, which contains lead, is supposed to be inaccessible under normal use, so this portion was not tested by a safety lab, the company said.

From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2022

Such foundries were not unknown to the Inka, but Andean societies vastly preferred to hammer metal into thin sheets, form the sheets around molds, and solder the results.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann