Electronics Forum | Tue May 31 16:47:51 EDT 2005 | George
Dump the pot and put in the SN100C. Don't mix, too much tin.
Electronics Forum | Sat Jul 28 08:37:52 EDT 2007 | davef
There is no good choice. Board Finishes: Industrial/Battelle Class 3 Environment [Reliability Knowledge Gaps: For use of Pb-free solders in High Reliability Applications, J Smetana, iNEMI Availability of SnPb-Compatible BGAs Workshop, March 1, 2007,
Electronics Forum | Sat May 28 06:43:03 EDT 2005 | steve
I have the ability to offer both SAC and SN100C lead free alloys to my customer base. What might occur if a customer is already using SAC305 in their wave and they want to save money and go to SN100C. They now are mixing, tin,silver,copper with tin,c
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 27 10:07:18 EDT 2007 | rgduval
Our preference has been ENIG. We find that we achieve higher quality (visually) soldering for through hole and surface mount parts, with less handling issues than when we use white-tin, or immersion tin. We are about to do a test on some boards tha
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 01 09:58:30 EDT 1998 | Jacqueline Coia
Could you tell me please when the lead free solder regulation will become mandatory in Europe and also what are the current industrial alternatives for paste, bar and wire. Cheers, Jack
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 22 15:16:24 EST 2002 | rkevin
Bet your using tin/ lead plated components with a lead free Cu/Ag/Sn alloy. It leads to intermetallic cracking. Wow didn't anyone tell you to check the archives yet, It seems to be the answer given to everyone. Why have an interactive site if you alw
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 31 12:01:26 EDT 2004 | russ
Kris, this practice has gone on for years. I have never heard of any problems associated with this. I have heard "grumblings" about tin lead parts being processed with lead free paste, but have seen or heard of no data to support. Russ
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 31 11:57:03 EDT 2004 | Kris
Hi Any body have any issues soldering tin lead solder paste with lead free terminations ? Components are leaded devices and chip components have read the theoritical discussions on the forum, need to know if any body has seen any real issues tod
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 13 08:45:51 EDT 2011 | rgduval
Lead free solder does tend to resemble cold solder joints after processing. Generally, this is acceptable. The latest IPC 610 has pictures of acceptability of lead free solder joints, which you can use to compare to the joints that you are seeing o
