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soft gold vs immersion gold

Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 11 18:36:03 EDT 2004 | davef

90 Knoop. Q2: Thickness is 4 to 10 u" for Au and 300 to 400 u" for nickel A2: This looks like a ENIG spec. Although, the Ni is quite heavy, 150 uin is sufficient for most applications. [IPC-4552 ENIG specification: * Gold thickness of 0.075 - 0.125

soft gold vs immersion gold

Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 16 13:18:46 EDT 2004 | davef

You bet our reponse changes. Q2R: Hard gold thickness is 4 to 10 u" for Au and 300 to 400 u" for nickel A2R: This is a hard gold spec?? It looks like a ENIG spec. Although, the Ni is quite heavy, 150 uin is sufficient for most applications. The gol

soft gold vs immersion gold

Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 16 16:37:08 EDT 2004 | davef

As we mentioned in an earlier response in this thread [Q5], you do NOT want to solder to hard gold. Hard gold is a wear surface. [That's IT, that's the LIST.] If you want to solder to gold, then either use: * IPC-4552 ENIG specification, mentioned

PCB with ENIG plating shelf life?

Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 06 00:03:10 EST 2023 | SMTA-64419298

Hello Evtimov, sorry...just saw post as I was looking through list...a bit late. I don't know if you ever got your answer. IPC-4552A covers EniG finishes and suggested shelf life. I've referred to these doc's quite a bit. Good spec's ! Yes, I beli

soldering and bonding on gold PCB's

Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 07 20:37:15 EST 2002 | davef

For soldered areas, we like to keep gold thickness substantially below the maximum you propose. Search the fine SMTnet Archives for our discussions on the topic of acceptable levels of gold with solder connections. Let�s fix this �no one seems be s

Re: Black spots on gold finish pads.

Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 01 07:54:49 EST 1998 | kallol chakraborty

| | Hi folks , | | Lately we are seeing a lot of rawcards with black spots on the pads - most of them have Au finish(immersion gold) . We did a lot of inspecton after wave solder and found that only (fine pitch) QFP are affected the most. Our inspec

Re: Black spots on gold finish pads.

Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 01 09:02:18 EST 1998 | Earl Moon

| | | Hi folks , | | | Lately we are seeing a lot of rawcards with black spots on the pads - most of them have Au finish(immersion gold) . We did a lot of inspecton after wave solder and found that only (fine pitch) QFP are affected the most. Our in

Re: Black spots on gold finish pads.

Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 04 20:26:34 EST 1998 | kallol Chakraborty

| | | | Hi folks , | | | | Lately we are seeing a lot of rawcards with black spots on the pads - most of them have Au finish(immersion gold) . We did a lot of inspecton after wave solder and found that only (fine pitch) QFP are affected the most. Ou

Re: Black spots on gold finish pads.

Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 04 20:37:45 EST 1998 | kallol chakraborty

| | | | | Hi folks , | | | | | Lately we are seeing a lot of rawcards with black spots on the pads - most of them have Au finish(immersion gold) . We did a lot of inspecton after wave solder and found that only (fine pitch) QFP are affected the most

Re: Gold Finger Cleaning

Electronics Forum | Sat Nov 14 08:05:54 EST 1998 | Earl Moon

| | | | I believe that gold fingers on my circuit boards are being | | | | contaminated and need to clean them with some chemical | | | | solution. Any recommendations. | | | | | | | Chuck: What is the type and source of your contamination? Dave

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