Soldering vs. Brazing — What's the Difference?

Soldering (AmE: , BrE: ) is a process in which two or more items are joined together by melting and putting a filler metal (solder) into the joint, the filler metal having a lower melting point than the adjoining metal. Unlike welding, soldering does not involve melting the work pieces.

Brazing is a metal-joining process in which two or more metal items are joined together by melting and flowing a filler metal into the joint, with the filler metal having a lower melting point than the adjoining metal. Brazing differs from welding in that it does not involve melting the work pieces and from soldering in using higher temperatures for a similar process, while also requiring much more closely fitted parts than when soldering.

Any of various fusible alloys, usually tin and lead, used to join metallic parts.

To make of or decorate with brass.

Something that joins or cements.

To make hard like brass.

To unite or repair (parts, for example) with solder.

To solder (two pieces of metal) together using a hard solder with a high melting point.

To join or unite

Present participle of braze

To unite or repair something with solder.

A method of joining metals by using heat and a filler

To be joined or united.

Present participle of solder

A method of joining two metallic surfaces by melting an alloy between them.

An instance of soldering.

A soldered joint.

Fastening firmly together