It is resistant to rust and bonds well with other metals.
Welding copper pipe to steel.
Copper welding is not hard.
Cut copper pipe just above the corroded connection using a tubing cutter.
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Below is a picture of a successful copper pipe to stainless steel tri clamp ferrule weld.
Wrap threads on end of the steel pipe with teflon tape.
Steel welds with copper pickup are susceptible to hot cracking.
Install the lower half of the dielectric union to steel pipe.
To offset this heat loss a tip one or two sizes larger than that required for steel is recommended.
I use the term silver brazing instead of silver solder because technically anything over 840 degress f is brazing.
Remove the old union from the steel pipe.
A tig welder is used when welding copper to give the weld seam the best appearance and a leak free bond.
Use two pipe wrenches to loosen the old union.
P deoxidized copper contains low amounts of oxygen but tends to have up to 0 05 phosphorus and 0 05 arsenic which can release fumes.
Two basic principles that must be observed in welding cu ni clad steel plate are.
The heat required for this type of welding is approximately twice that required for steel of similar thickness.
Now technically this would be classified as tig brazing because the stainless steel has a higher melting point then the silicon bronze filler rod.
This alloy generally has less than 0 02 oxygen.
A tig weld would be much preferable.
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Tighten first with pliers then with pipe wrench.
So here is the video with a few tips on silver brazing copper to steel and brazing stainless steel bolts to some copper washers.
My client is presently silver soldering these butt joints but that is pretty expensive.
This was done using a tig welder with silicon bronze rod.
And do not weld with ecuni or ercuni on to steel or exceed about 10 iron in the weld.
Never let the carbon steel weld penetrate the alloy cladding or alloy weld.
Copper has a high thermal conductivity.
