Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 24 13:12:41 EDT 2008 | dphilbrick
I seriously doubt it. It is extremely thin and the gold's only real purpose in life is protect the nickel underneath from oxidizing. Once you wear that very thin gold off you will have exposed, oxidized, nickel and loss of conductivity.
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 19 21:23:42 EDT 2002 | davef
I'm not saying that an eraser will necessarily work. What I'm saying is that some erasers may cause more trouble than the eliminate. Look here http://aic.stanford.edu/jaic/articles/jaic28-02-003_2.html We prefer a brand called Ruby Red. The "ole
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 20 02:34:16 EST 2006 | yihui
Hi, i'm david, new to this forum. Came across your posting about using a delvotec bonder to TS bond to a ENIG pad. Given that the immersion gold layer is thin, does the capillary scrub through the gold layer to expose the underlying nickel? Does your
Electronics Forum | Sat Jul 05 07:30:04 EDT 2003 | AlCapone
If the problem as you described as the gold plating contaminated, and the Nickel layer exposed to the solder pot. However, the purpose of the gold layer is to protect the nickel and copper layer not turn into corrosion and resist to other issue (humi
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 14 11:56:49 EDT 2005 | patrickbruneel
Mika, 1.) Is there a maximum board thickness where it would be almost impossible to get a decent hole fil? Answer: The thicker the board the further the solder has to travel and the more you depend on solderability of boards and components, machine
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 28 12:48:02 EDT 1999 | Justin Medernach
| | | We use Immersion Gold (AuNi) for our 20 mil pitch and BGA boards. | | | Lately, we have been having solderability problems with boards with this surface from some of our suppliers. | | | | | | We are considering trying boards with White Tin so
Electronics Forum | Sun Jun 22 13:24:49 EDT 2014 | davef
I don't know. We never had craziness like this before lead-free. You should have the yellowish-metal analyzed to be sure. Guessing: You're seeing this color on the terminations of components, not on the bulk of the SnX solder connection. If that's
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 04 12:32:33 EDT 2003 | sam
I need some advice about a problem that happened in a SMT LED: The failure symphoms of this SMT LEDs is that the LED body itself seemed to be functional, but when soldering on the products, it showed good wetting and soldering, LEDs are bright and l
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 30 16:28:51 EDT 2010 | 18424
Hello All, looking for some help from you guru's. I have several Enig boards with solderability problems. Components ranging from 0402's to ssop's. Using AIM W/S leaded solder paste, profile is beautiful and has been for years running the same produc
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 30 03:49:25 EDT 1999 | Charles Stringer
| | | | We use Immersion Gold (AuNi) for our 20 mil pitch and BGA boards. | | | | Lately, we have been having solderability problems with boards with this surface from some of our suppliers. | | | | | | | | We are considering trying boards with Whit
