Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 17 10:09:17 EDT 1999 | Earl Moon
| | | | We have some SMT components with gold plated leads. They're actually LCC led packages. A good solder alloy to use would be Indium / Lead to reduce tin dissolution into the gold and avoid the resultant brittle intermetallic compound. However,
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 17 15:01:05 EDT 1999 | Dave F
| | We have some SMT components with gold plated leads. They're actually LCC led packages. A good solder alloy to use would be Indium / Lead to reduce tin dissolution into the gold and avoid the resultant brittle intermetallic compound. However, a re
Electronics Forum | Fri May 26 11:44:36 EDT 2006 | H
Patrick: The image that you see was from a unit that was known to have gone through a 5-year environmental life test. However, we took another board, pre-refow, and scoped a similar device. It exhibited the same grainy component plating.
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 03 07:43:13 EDT 2008 | davef
What do you mean by a "few micron thick"? IMC thickness pre-cycling (NEMI Lead-free) * Cu3Sn: 3um [118 uin] * Cu6Sn5: 1um [40 uin]
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 17 16:07:23 EDT 2003 | davef
So, how do you know it's "oxidation"? If the parts didn't solder, why aren't the parts the problem? Do the parts take-on solder? Please describe: * Appearance of the post-solder components. * Scope and extent of the problem. * Appearance of the po
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 13 12:32:14 EDT 2007 | rgduval
We've experienced this issue with SN100. A couple of things we've tried, all with varying levels of success: 1. Longer pre-heats. We use SN100 in a solder pot, and pre-heat the boards on our wave machine. This did have a positive effect, but I ne
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 21 16:38:45 EDT 2014 | barryg
Hello all. We have been having some problems soldering to what we believe is a nickel plated spring steel battery terminal to a PCB. We have tried scrapping , then tinning, dipping and still have problems. Are there any special fluxes or pre-treats t
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 26 12:53:41 EDT 2000 | Michael Parker
I belive I once saw a picture of a Delta-T. It was in a very old Popular Science magazine. Some yahoo from Ohio wanted to put wings on his ol' tin lizzy. He also had some elaborate plans to convert his flat head V-8 to run off corn likker. I say chuc
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 11 03:17:52 EDT 2002 | Adam
Guys I was wondering if anybody has some useful advice with regards to achieving 100% solder penetration on one pin of a through hole device which I believe is attached to a ground plane. All other pins on the through hole device are fine, Just this
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 03 18:10:28 EDT 2004 | g2garyg2
It sounds like you will need to pre-heat the aluminum beofre using even a laser to solder this type of application. While lasers are great for many applications, especially those that have challenging keep out areas, thermal mass issues (with approp
