What is made from solder?
Solder goes straight into 27 lines, among them hearing aid, pacemaker, printed circuit board, LED light bulb and solid-state drive. Follow those further and it reaches 54 things in all.
How solder is made What it is made of See it on the map
Goes straight into
- Hearing aidat Place the chip
- Pacemakerat Build the circuit board
- Printed circuit boardat Print solder paste
- LED light bulbat Place chips by machine
- Solid-state driveat Print solder on the board
- Solar panelat Solder cells into strings
- Refrigeratorat Attach the cooling circuit
- Camera droneat Build the circuit boards
- Electric guitarat Fit the hardware
- Trumpetat Solder the assembly
- Air conditionerat Braze and leak-test
- Fluteat Add the tone holes
- Saxophoneat Solder the keywork on
- Stained glassat Flux and solder
- Smoke detectorat Wave-solder the board
- Eyeglass frameat Build the metal frames
- Smartwatchat Print the solder paste
- Wireless earbudsat Populate the board
- Phone chargerat Solder and brush the board
- USB cableat Tin and solder the wires
- Microphoneat Solder in the cable
- Video game consoleat Build the motherboard
- Wi-Fi routerat Place and reflow chips
- Inkjet printerat Populate the control board
- Graphics cardat Print the solder
- Remote controlat Place the components
- Electric toothbrushat Build the electronics
Further down the line: 27 things
Glass, stone and ceramics 1
Electronics 9
Electric car batterySmartphoneLaptopTelevisionHard driveComputer keyboardComputer mouseDigital cameraE-reader
Machines and vehicles 14
Wind turbineMicrowave ovenWashing machineSatelliteCarElectric carAirbagAirlinerOrbital rocketLocomotiveMotorcycleElevatorBlenderCeiling fan