Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 12 20:27:10 EDT 2001 | davef
Tantalum caps degrade over time. You should not be seeing "chipped-off & cracks" regardless of the age. This should not be a shelf-life issue, unless you are storing them in an aquarium. Tell us the story. Solderability is a shelf-life issue and
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 07 11:49:34 EDT 2004 | Svensen
Curiously... Shelf-life of the plating alternatives has been mentioned several times as a potential issue in these discussions. Tell me is there a market for a simple plastic packaging which could extend shelf life (and hence solderability) of these
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 26 08:07:25 EDT 2009 | davef
Many solder wire suppliers put a on rolls of solder wire either a: * "Date of manufacture" stamp and then specify a shelf life in their product documentation ... OR * "Date of expiration." J-STD-005, 6.2, 6.3, and Table 4, where it states "If the st
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 20 09:03:18 EST 2001 | moseschee
Hi, I'm looking for research/study done on solder shelf life by using accelerated aging process ( steam age or dry air oven bake at 150C & etc ) Perhaps you could help to advise correlation of all this acceleration test to actual solder shelf life
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 30 04:41:01 EDT 1999 | Bernard Mulcahy
I have been asked to supply a maximum shelf life for our assemblied PCB's. I realise this is dependent on so many factors- temperature, humidity, no of layers etc. But does anyone have a formulae for calculating shelf life, or does anyone know of a s
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 17 14:11:31 EDT 1998 | Dave F
| Is there any industry standards regarding shelf life for components? Also do they very between component type packaging? | Thanks No, but generally, the shelf life of components depends on the environmental conditions of the storage area. So, in a
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 17 10:49:48 EDT 2003 | davef
We agree. Colin Lea showed that HASL less than 2 microns [80 uin] thick has limited shelf life and that shelf life gets worse as the HASL gets thinner. Unless you do not need shelf life, consider sticking with 100 to 500 uin. There is nothing wrong
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 08 17:32:47 EST 2007 | Board House
Hi Oswald, Shelf life with ENIG if vacuum sealed and kept in controled enviroment would be 12 to 14 months. Shelf life in shrink wrap - No recomended packaging, 6 moths. If Shelf life goes over the 12 -14 months - Baking ? I would not suggest re-b
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 22 15:02:31 EDT 2013 | dyoungquist
What is the pad surface finish on these boards? I know OSP and silver finishes have a shorter shelf life than HASL or gold. We do not use OSP or silver on our boards so I don't know what to look for visually on the pads when they have exceeded the
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 07 21:58:38 EST 2001 | davef
We are reviewing our shelf life policy and have the following items listed as shelf life sensitive: Printed circuit boards, peelable solder mask, solder paste, moisture sensitive parts, multiwire printed circuit boards from Icon or Hitachi, NiCd batt
