Electronics Forum: hard nickel plating on pcbs (Page 1 of 1)

Why gold plating on PCB?

Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 28 11:02:06 EST 2020 | slthomas

I'm not 100% sure which type of gold you're asking about, but if you're talking about hard gold plating, I think the most common use is to provide a durable surface for things like membrane switch contacts because it resists abrasion and other mechan

soldering to hard gold plated PCBs

Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 03 16:45:20 EST 1999 | Mark Henebry

Does anyone know if I will have problems soldering surface mount components to an all hard gold plated PC board. We want to use hard gold similar to gold used for edge fingers because our customer is concerned about wear and conductivity of connector

Re: soldering to hard gold plated PCBs

Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 03 23:40:26 EST 1999 | Chris G.

| Does anyone know if I will have problems soldering surface mount components to an all hard gold plated PC board. We want to use hard gold similar to gold used for edge fingers because our customer is concerned about wear and conductivity of connect

Re: soldering to hard gold plated PCBs

Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 03 18:36:47 EST 1999 | Earl Moon

| Does anyone know if I will have problems soldering surface mount components to an all hard gold plated PC board. We want to use hard gold similar to gold used for edge fingers because our customer is concerned about wear and conductivity of connect

Gold Surface Finish on PCB's

Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 14 07:34:33 EST 2005 | davef

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Re: Black spot on Gold Pads

Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 28 21:07:44 EST 2000 | Alvin K

Gold is porous and spots on gold plated PCBs is one of the drawbacks of using gold as a solderability protector. Base Nickel exposure seems to be the cause of this and is aggravated when the gold thickness is less than what it should be. I agree with

Re: Soldering to Gold

Electronics Forum | Sat Sep 18 13:05:57 EDT 1999 | Brian

| | | | | | Dave, I'll respond by paragraph: | | | | | | | Brian: | | | | | | I like Ag2 also. I prefer it over both 63/37 and 60/40, if the price is not a factor. Yes, gold rips through eutectic and near-eutectic solders like habanero slath

Re: Soldering to Gold

Electronics Forum | Sat Sep 18 14:37:00 EDT 1999 | Earl Moon

| | | | | | | | | Dave, I'll respond by paragraph: | | | | | | | | | Brian: | | | | | | | | I like Ag2 also. I prefer it over both 63/37 and 60/40, if the price is not a factor. Yes, gold rips through eutectic and near-eutectic solders like

Re: Soldering to Gold

Electronics Forum | Sat Sep 18 12:27:21 EDT 1999 | Earl Moon

| | | Dave, I'll respond by paragraph: | | | | | Brian: | | | | I like Ag2 also. I prefer it over both 63/37 and 60/40, if the price is not a factor. Yes, gold rips through eutectic and near-eutectic solders like habanero slathered shiitake

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