Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 04 07:31:54 EST 2019 | amitthepcbguy
As a manufacturer, I prefer plated nickel gold, electroless nickel immersion gold, immersion silver and palladium. These surface finishes are the best options to replace leaded surface finishes. These surface finishes can withstand higher temperature
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 25 02:22:32 EST 1999 | P.L. Sorenson - Technical Consultant
| | | Your problem may be related to silver migration (leaching) into the solder. I had what seems to be a similar problem. The solution was using solder with 2% silver content. See these pages for a bit more information: | | | | http://www.ferr
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 29 22:32:59 EDT 2002 | davef
See, I didn�t bite on you zinc diffusion trick that you tried to pull last week. Understand, in this response, I am NOT trying to bust you. I�m trying to determine what you are looking to understand. [Some times I get so locked into talking a cert
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 07 16:19:58 EDT 2005 | davef
Q1) How to identify on good or bad ICs lead that could contribute to dewetting? A1) Distinguish between good or bad IC that could contribute to dewetting by testing for solderability, according to J-STD-002. Q2) What actions that must be taken in fa
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 24 14:50:05 EST 2003 | jonfox
Look for a local smelting service. They will take your boards (in bulk, we used to send them 300lbs at a time) and then credit you back for the precious metals recovered (gold, silver, platinum, etc...) minus any fees for service. Shipping costs a
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 30 12:16:47 EST 2007 | pbarton
We are seeing unusual soldered joints when soldering to components with Pt/Ag metallised terminations. At the margin between the bottom of the component termination and the PCB surface there are a number of blowholes in the bulk solder. There also ap
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 01 12:39:06 EST 2008 | tsvetan
this is really nice one ;) paper and cotton have lowest potential to generate static electricity see below, and usually is good practice to wear cotton glowe at least to one of your hands to not leave greasy finger spots on the gold finish of the PC
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 23 09:12:34 EDT 2004 | davef
We have run not AgPd [that we know of]. We can comment on PdNi. [But you're probably have Ni under the AgPd] In general, palladium solution rate is much slower than other sacrificial finish materials that we use for the purpose. The key then is to
Electronics Forum | Mon May 22 18:19:29 EDT 2006 | Steve
I have read some threads about poor wetting on palladium-silver (Pd-Ag) coated components. I followed the suggestions, but I am still having a problem. The part is an 0603 chip type (Vishay varistor). The Process: solder paste is lead-free Alpha Met
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 30 10:14:33 EDT 2004 | davef
USING CONDUCTIVE EPOXY: Epoxies do not bond well to tin or tin alloy surfaces. * For components: a silver-palladium or gold end termination is recommended. * For substrates: gold over nickel should work well. Remember epoxy is not hermetic, and ox