Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 08 11:37:44 EDT 2017 | jkitt84
davef, thanks for feedback. I talked with a plater who said they put copper before silver when plating brass. Would a complete stack of: Brass part, then 0.0001-0.0002" of copper, then 0.0005" of silver, then Tarniban anti oxidation. Sound reasonabl
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 08 16:12:19 EDT 2017 | davef
Your plater's recommendation should work fine. Your simple copper plate will work, but you'll be stepping into fighting a copper tarnish battle. Silver over the copper is a better choice. I was thinking a silver thickness of a minimum of 3 microns
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 01 08:27:38 EDT 2004 | davef
Zinc from the brass [Cu3Zn2] diffuses into the tin causing solderability problems. Just 0.001% of Zn in your solder can render it fit for the scrap heap. So, you need a barrier plate between the brass and the tin. Copper or nickel-plating is commonl
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 14 14:30:36 EDT 2002 | davef
Assuming you are talking about solderable surfaces: People specify various materials to protect the solderability of the pads on the board. Gold, actually, Electroless Nickel - Immersion Gold [ENIG], is popular. * Board fabricators like it because
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 05 07:46:46 EDT 1998 | Earl Moon
| We have mixed to negative feelings about Omikron, but I beileve it is due to problems with the board fabricator rather than the process itself. When done properly, our Omikron boards have had very good solderability. However, we have had several
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 20 18:15:02 EDT 2002 | davef
Haaaaa!!!! Soldering to plastic!!!! An apt analogy!!! I like to compare it to soldering to dirt. Some thing. In fact, you are soldering on nickel, when soldering on many things. It�s just that the gold, er Pd, flash enables the wetting mechanism
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 11 14:29:58 EDT 2017 | abruno1995
I am having issues with this. I am having excess plating on my pcb board and i want to know if this is a ICP Class 1-3 Issue. 1. Excess Plating 2. Dark Vias Thank you
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 14 06:00:01 EDT 2005 | bryan
The shelf life of immersion silver is 6 to 12 months in good storage conditions. The finish is usually coated with a protective layer that inhibits oxidation (like with copper OSP). Care must be taken when handling the boards as the protective la
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 13 20:30:59 EST 2000 | Dave F
Immersion Silver PCB Surface Plating - Dennis VanBuren 14:21:24 02/01/2000 [Wudja mean "not much luck" searching the archives? What is this haggis???][Is that like saying "what is this chopped liver??"]
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 10 09:26:49 EDT 2004 | davef
You should be able to solder to brass - check with you flux supplier to get their recommendations. The flux you are using may not have enough activation to breakdown the oxides on the brass surface. A word of caution - brass (copper and zinc alloy)
