At 04:48 PM 6/12/2006 -0500, you wrote:

>Tried Radio Shack 63/26/2 "Silver bearing solder".  Not 100% silver.  I have
>not found 100% silver anywhere yet, but I saw silver epoxy at mouser and
>considering it -- essentially it is conductive epoxy, so I would twist the TC
>wire ends to copper wire and join with the silver epoxy.

"Silver solder" is a slangish term for brazing alloys. Here's a typical one;
http://www.jwharris.com/images/pdf2/SS6.pdf

As you can see the silver content is only about 6%. The MP is low
enough that a propane torch can be used.

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