Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 09 21:17:10 EST 2004 | gm05688
When soldering a metalized germanimum window to a nickle plated kovar part, I would like to understand the intermetalic. Does the nickle plate actually melt or will the solder(SN63)simple stick to the nickle and not cause nickle to reflow? Any one ou
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 09 22:26:17 EST 2004 | davef
You should to be soldering to the nickel. The intermetallic is Ni3Sn4. "At relatively low temperatures, the tin-nickel layers form about as rapidly as the tin-copper layers do, but at higher temperatures their growth rate is distinctly lower. At 10
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 11 14:09:54 EDT 2006 | Chunks
Not reflowing completely. Slower = hotter. Try a slower conveyor speed.
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 11 12:59:26 EDT 2006 | mattkehoe@sipad.com
We are trying to apply solder to boards with 80 microinches of electro plated hard gold. No components involved, just print 63/37 paste and reflow. The results are very poor on some boards, not so bad on others? Pictures at http://www.sipad.net/thick
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 12 11:46:00 EDT 2006 | flipit
Hi, One other note. You don't want gold to be more than 1% to 2% of the the solder joint. Above this percentage you will have embrittlemant issues. Lots of information on gold embrittlement on this site and on the Internet. I estimate your produ
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 12 11:26:12 EDT 2006 | flipit
Hi, I believe you have classic gold imbrittlement here. With 80 microinches of gold you are way over the limit. You can try to reflow longer time and at a higher temperature. The gold does not melt into the solder joint. The gold dissolves into
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 11 20:13:05 EDT 2006 | davef
We agree with Chunks. You need to turn-up the heat [slow the conveyor] because you have significantly changed the melting point of the solder alloy by adding so much gold. Relative to ENIG you should expect: * Similarly smooth surface, possibly a l
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 08 09:43:42 EDT 2017 | davef
You know the scary part about your mentioning a tread where I post something? Well. let's just say that 2007 was a long time ago. Anyhow, silver will dissolve into your solder and provide no barrier. Some people apply a silver flash plating over the
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 13 10:12:45 EST 1999 | John Thorup
Hi Dennis The gold plating on a circuit board is present to protect the nickle plating from corrosion. The layer is so thin that as it goes into solution in the solder it constitutes only a small percentage of the total joint. It is commonly accept
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 08 07:56:34 EDT 2017 | jkitt84
In an excellent previous thread davef mentions brass should be plated prior to soldering to prevent zinc leaching from the brass. It is reported once the zinc leaches, the joint is weak. He recommends copper or nickel plating. Would silver plating w
