Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 01 04:52:50 EST 2001 | wbu
Hi Brian, yes that�s possible due to the presence of Au in the joint but nothing to worry if the Ni/Au is done properly (means not to much Au in your plating). "rugged" I haven�t noticed yet, that may depend on the definition and maybe the magnifica
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 02 18:46:02 EST 2005 | Austinj
The tendancy always has been "when in doubt, touch it up"... this is not the way to "verify the process" and is not the best strategy for multiple reasons (unessecary rework, additional labor costs, as well as making the solder joint more brittle, [i
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 27 08:06:43 EDT 2008 | davef
Thick, hard conformal coatings of acrylic, urethane and epoxy have a well documented history of causing solder joint cracks and breaking glass/ceramic and other brittle components. Dissimilar expansion and fairly high surface bond strengths of the ma
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 25 16:39:29 EST 1998 | Eldon Sanders
I agree with Chrys, get the spike temp up and wetting is not a problem. However, when the palladium mixes in with the solder the joint will become more brittle. You need to make sure enough solder is printed on the board to minimize the concentrati
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 15 09:53:01 EDT 2003 | markhoch
These boards also were above liquidus for 75 seconds, and the customer puts the boards thru extensive thermal shock and stress testing. An Alpha Applications engineer told me that because the boards were above 183 degrees for 65-75 seconds that the i
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 07 10:30:19 EST 2007 | grantp
Hi, I did an interesting experiment today, when we had some government people in our factory to visit us. I mentioned that we went lead free well before the deadline, and it's nice none of our people need to handle anything with lead content, (they
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 11 20:41:58 EST 2005 | GS
Thank you Davef, If I am not wrong in understanding, your answer is mainly related to the Legal point of view according to several different Countries who adopted Rohs or equivalent. My question, sorry for my poor English, is mainly related to the
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 25 21:28:38 EDT 1999 | Dave F
3%) concentrations of gold form brittle intermetallic compounds with the tin in your solder. Electroless gold is applied with an autocatalytic process that self-limits around 5 mils thickness. You're correct electrolytic gold is used for goldfinger
Electronics Forum | Wed May 12 10:29:25 EDT 1999 | Timothy O'Neill
| | | Can anyone tell me what the recommended "typical" cooling rates are after reflow? Are the cooling rates considered as critical to control as the heating rates and why/why not? | | | I do not think there is a "typical" post reflow cooling rate
Electronics Forum | Mon May 10 15:49:52 EDT 1999 | Steve Gregory
| | Can anyone tell me what the recommended "typical" cooling rates are after reflow? Are the cooling rates considered as critical to control as the heating rates and why/why not? | | I do not think there is a "typical" post reflow cooling rate out
