Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 24 20:39:01 EDT 2003 | davef
3NaH2PO3 + H2SO4 + 2H2 + Ni^0 Potassium is co-deposited with the nickel, as follows: H2PO2^- + Hads => H2O + OH^- + P 3H2PO2^- + P => H2PO3^- + H2O + 2OH^- Nick Biunno gives a very short, over simplified summary: "Everybody looks at the nickel, b
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 14 11:04:54 EDT 2008 | herman
Samir, To correct some misconceptions on the answers to your question, and "what you know from experience": With both ENIG (Electroless Nickel/Immersion Gold-IAu) and IAg (immersion silver), soldering does not take place to the gold or the silver. Wh
Electronics Forum | Tue May 30 21:09:30 EDT 2000 | Dave F
Dennis: Direct metalization is more of an European phenomena than a US one. Not to say that good things don�t come out of Europe. As background: Direct Metallization. In circuit board fabrication, an alternative to electroless plating makes the
Electronics Forum | Sun Aug 07 19:43:55 EDT 2005 | Tom B
I usually Spec out 20- 30 uinches of gold over Nickel (50-80 uinches). If the most conduction is needed use Immersion Silver, about 12-20 uinches). Tom
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 06 12:58:35 EDT 1998 | Paul J. Lingane
Is there any problem using SMT on gold boards? 15 years ago we were told not to use gold boards, but I can't remember why. Judging by the other postings it now appears to be common. Only problem I see is that the nickel should be plated, not elect
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 15 16:50:04 EDT 2005 | davef
Few of us here on SMTnet fabricate our bare boards. Most of us are assemblers. So, the solderability of the connections of our boards is a BIG issue with us. Our suppliers protect the solderability of the copper by coating the copper to limit the
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 12 09:32:30 EST 2008 | markhoch
Are there better options? Dude, EVERYTHING else is a better option. Gluing aluminum foil down to the bare copper would be a better option. ENIG (Electroless Nickel Immersion Gold), Immersion Silver, Immersion Tin, and OSP all provide flatter surfac
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 14 04:24:32 EDT 2012 | brettrenishaw
Yes pads are still gold after the wave soldering process even if you wave solder a pcb several times. I have tried soldering using an iron and the solder takes to the pad as you would expect. This happens on all boards of this type and all boards are
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 27 14:39:38 EDT 2015 | davef
Anirudh: When board fabs talk "surface finishing" they're talking about the solderability protection that you'd like on the solderable copper component mounting pads that you laid-out for each component: * Bare copper pads corrode very quickly * Corr
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 28 11:02:06 EST 2020 | slthomas
I'm not 100% sure which type of gold you're asking about, but if you're talking about hard gold plating, I think the most common use is to provide a durable surface for things like membrane switch contacts because it resists abrasion and other mechan
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