Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 08 13:49:48 EDT 2011 | sonofptolemy
Hello, I am having a problem with HASL PCB's after it comes back from the stuffer. To me it looks like oxidation and it causes poor wetting. This leads to a bunch of problems all of which have different symptoms but the cause is this oxidation proble
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 15 11:15:30 EDT 2004 | patrickbruneel
Pure (red) copper oxide is green, its not a residue its just oxidation. In your case water and heat will accelerate the oxidation process of unplated or unprotected pure copper. The best way to avoid this from happening is use a socket with tin or n
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 30 14:46:56 EDT 2010 | davef
Sure, you should be able to measure the copper oxide thickness on the inner layers of a PCB when doing sections.
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 18 17:56:26 EST 2000 | Dave F
Does the thermal conductivity of a copper trace on a printed circuit board change as the copper oxidizes? Is the oxide on copper a thermal insulator? If so, should it be considered in an analysis of thermal resitivity between a ground plane and a h
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 30 10:39:08 EDT 2010 | jamesc09
Is there any way to measure the copper oxide thickness on the inner layers of a PCB? I have been asked to investigate this and am not sure if it is possible. If it is, please tell me by what method, any contract labs that can do it, or the name of
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 31 15:41:23 EDT 2003 | davef
Q: Could any of you guys tell me what exactly is this greenish thing ? A: No, but is not copper oxide. Copper oxide is brown, the color of a penny [here in the US] or an untreated copper laminated trace on a board. Many copper salts are greenish in
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 14 19:12:40 EDT 2005 | sync40
Hi. In the past years I had made dozens of PCBs but now I am trying to get a professional finishing on them. The main problem is oxidation of the copper traces. Basically I use the silkscreen method to make the pattern in both layers and then etch. L
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 10 15:11:18 EST 2018 | emeto
Copper has CTE of 17 which I think is closer to FR4 than Aluminum - 23, so in this aspect should be better. However, copper oxidizes very easily and is also 3 times heavier.
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 03 03:17:59 EDT 2010 | nibirta
Dave can you be more specific on this? I will be interested to see such a picture from cross-section with an oxide layer. Is this possible? Thanks in advance. Nicoleta.
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 03 04:00:10 EDT 2010 | sachu_70
James, Are you referring to oxidation caused on outer layers of PCB on account of poor OSP finish over Cu?
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