Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 31 09:35:59 EST 2005 | Slaine
Hi as this has a gold flash the nickle should be active an not require strong fluxes, i would suggest either your not getting enough heat into it (unlikely if your seeing dewetting). or that you have a plating problem the nickle has oxidised before
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 07 15:07:50 EST 2003 | davef
YiEng, MA/NY DDave: Usually when the gold plating bath goes south, you loose solderability.
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 21 13:29:35 EST 2005 | vinod
Hi Friends, I had a PCB with polymide material with nickle tin plating on it. I had real hard time to do hand solder. I am asking help if any one have any experience with polymide material.
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 14 17:02:04 EST 1999 | John Thorup
Hello Kris If you do have and OSP coating I'd say Curtis has nailed it. But you seem to have references to gold. Does this board have a standard nickle/gold finish. If so what sort of "solder on gold" problems were you having? Reading between the
Electronics Forum | Sun May 05 22:18:20 EDT 2002 | ianchan
Hi mate, we had a crap experience (once...no more...) with gold plated over nickle (Au/Ni) PCB that had nickle contaminents in the PCB supplier's gold bath. the Ni caused batch-delivery of the PCB to us for mass production, to exhibit the visible s
Electronics Forum | Sat Jul 05 07:30:04 EDT 2003 | AlCapone
If the problem as you described as the gold plating contaminated, and the Nickel layer exposed to the solder pot. However, the purpose of the gold layer is to protect the nickel and copper layer not turn into corrosion and resist to other issue (humi
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 19 17:40:38 EST 2007 | bbarton
No, the thicker plating and need for very high quality drilling and plating is DUE to the higher copper dissolution rate and higher contact time. As to the Sn100C material, their claims seem to confirm a "lower" copper dissolution rate, but so does A
Electronics Forum | Fri May 28 13:19:31 EDT 2021 | cbart
I can't see the image very well, but from what i see it looks like oxidation. looks like an ENIG finish on the board, possibly a plating issue from the bare board house, thin gold or the nickle is to thick. one other question i would get an answer t
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 06 22:34:55 EST 2003 | davef
O' Connor: Are you saying that: * You solder fine in the areas where you print paste * You solder poorly in the areas where you don't print paste Aside from that, the gold on these pads seems to be less bright than previous lots. [if that's not it
Electronics Forum | Sat Mar 21 09:09:40 EDT 2009 | davef
Your puzzlement about blowholes in PTH solder connections during reflow soldering comes from: * Boards are hydroscopic. So, moisture content of the board is uniform. * Gold plating is uniform. * Nickle plating is uniform. * Copper plating on your PTH
