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
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
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 16 20:32:10 EDT 2004 | davef
First, we didn't say "electrolytic soft gold with a minimum thickness of 5-8 of Au". We said, "'electrolytic soft gold' thickness 5 to 8uin". FOCUS. ;-) Second, we're unaware of an industry accepted specification that you can reference. IPC-2221
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 16 11:49:44 EDT 2004 | Kris
Hi Guys thanks for the replies. Dave, the spec is not for enig but for hard gold does your response alter if thats the case /
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 16 18:09:33 EDT 2004 | Kris
ok I agree there has been a confusion with terminology When you say electrolytic soft gold with a minimum thickness of 5-8 of Au, is there a standard that you spec this from ?
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
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 16 16:26:19 EDT 2004 | Kris
what about areas that are soldered ? This is def not a Enig process and the specs are as they are not sure why thanks a lot for your help
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 31 14:51:31 EDT 2006 | bhu
Can anyone suggest a supplier for gold solution when replating gold fingers that had solder on them?
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 31 18:26:09 EDT 2013 | Jeff Kennedy
You might consider to contact a lab to Run a microindenter against a know good soft gold sample. The knoop value for the soft gold will be much lower than for hard gold. This would be reflected in the diameter measurement of the indented samples.Smal
