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		awesome_dude 9 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to Assemble an Electric Heating Element from S... Just a nit pick... but Don't all metals melt with heat...? What I think you mean to say is that (some) solders melt at the temperatures that this heating device operates at?

mrWiz 8 days ago [–]

Plenty of non-metal materials melt with heat, too. Solder is the only one relevant to the comment, which is presumably why it was the only one mentioned.

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