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 | Mon Aug 07 19:41:24 EDT 2006 | Ron
I have a PC graphics card that has a damaged component and I have no clue what it is. The other two that look identical are black flat top with which looks like a mini copper coil in the middle and two leads on each side. They are the last componen
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 29 08:44:57 EDT 2016 | jrrt_williams
As an OEM repiar tech I would run into "Black Pad" on occasion, though mostly on surface mount pads. The only way I could remove the oxidation was to apply water soluble flux and add solder, then wick away the excess. This left me with a suitable s
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 23 13:26:34 EST 2009 | bwet
Dear SMTers: We are looking for a supplier of 1 oz copper sheets, tin coated on one side and black oxide coated on the other? Ideas? BWET
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 20 15:41:19 EDT 2008 | patrickbruneel
Josh, You can not check the bare boards for black pad unless you remove the gold plating. Like Robin said black pad is nickel oxidation/corrosion and a result from bad electroless nickel plating bath control. The only preventative action you take is
Electronics Forum | Thu May 05 09:17:58 EDT 2005 | jimmiem
I tried soldering to several of the black pads and was successful, the solder stuck with no hesitation. so i guess this is not truly "black pad"? would that be a correct statement? What causes this blackening that looks like oxidation under the mic
Electronics Forum | Tue May 18 15:42:39 EDT 2004 | davef
M.L. Feather I'm sorry I missed the first part of this discussion. Why are your fids black? Is this something you requested? Is it a board defect that you are trying to "work around"? What is the black material?
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 02 07:40:46 EST 2000 | Roni Haviv
Allmost forgot: The "black pad" is simply the oxidized Nickel.
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 02 07:40:46 EST 2000 | Roni Haviv
Allmost forgot: The "black pad" is simply the oxidized Nickel.
Electronics Forum | Fri May 23 23:58:48 EDT 2014 | edriansyah
Hi Hege. I was not also too confident with the black pad (coz no black residue on the remaining pad). But based on my search on the internet regarding black pad. Most of them shows a very clean BGA Pad after peel off the BGA as the picture reference
