Metal Paste

A conductive metal that could be easily squirted from a tube. (Read the full article)

"Look in most Electronics cataloges and you will find one of two types already exist there is (1) that uses a silver compound as an emergency track for circuit boards and also it was used to fix windscreen heaters there is also a metal compound that has been mixed with fibers such as fiberglass that when it hardens is as hard as the solid metal would be but I have not seen it lately."
(Christopher Thomas. 5/13/2006 8:59:38 AM )
"I had a problem leaving my comment thats why there are two the same.
(No problem; I just deleted one of them. Wsa that something that had been around for a long time? If you don't know what something is called, it's hard to research it.
Bill, Chief Technovelgist)
"
(Christopher Thomas. 5/13/2006 9:26:24 AM )
"I had too get one of my cataloges out but I found (2) Silver based compounds (1) a silver based electrically conductive Paint and (2) an electrically conductive Epoxy both in the the British Maplin electronics cataloge you can find them at www.maplin.co.uk but there was also an electrically conductive metal past at one time that you could use for d.i.y. but I have not been able to find it's name so i will take a look in my old books more later."
(Christopher Thomas. 5/16/2006 5:31:09 AM )
"Mind you, Mote in God's Eye was written in 1973-74..."
(Bill in Houston 4/8/2009 2:53:47 PM )

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