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flux

In smelting, a substance that combines with the unwanted components of the ore to produce a fusible slag, which can be separated from the molten metal. For example, the mineral fluorite, CaF2, is used as a flux in iron smelting; it has a low melting point and will form a fusible mixture with substances of higher melting point such as silicates and oxides.

flux

In soldering, a substance that improves the bonding properties of solder by removing contamination from metal surfaces and preventing their oxidation, and by reducing the surface tension of the molten solder alloy. For example, with solder made of lead–tin alloys, the flux may be resin, borax, or zinc chloride.



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While a majority of foundries flux their molten metal in the melting furnace, the metal may be fluxed in several different locations.
Development, evalation and application of solid fluxes by Gallo, Rafael / Modern Casting
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