Claims
- 1. A tin-based alloy consisting essentially of silver, antimony, tin, and at least one element selected from the group consisting of zinc, phosphorus, aluminum, magnesium, gallium and calcium, the total concentration in the alloy of elements of said group being between about 3 and about 100 parts per million, by weight, and sufficient to inhibit substantially oxidation of tin during melting of the alloy.
- 2. The alloy of claim 1 in which silver is about 25 weight percent and antimony is about 10 weight percent.
- 3. The alloy of claim 1 in which the amounts, in ppm, of Zn, P, Al, Mg, Ga, and Ca, are denoted by p, q, r, s, t, and u, respectively, and p/4+r/5+s/11+t/12+u/28 equals at least about 1.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 323,119, filed Mar. 13, 1989, which is a continuation of Ser. No. 119,205, filed Nov. 5, 1987, which is a continuation of Ser. No. 914,433, filed Oct. 2, 1986, all now abandoned.
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