Electronics Forum | Wed May 27 12:32:15 EDT 1998 | Earl Moon
| | | | | We understand that testing for ionic contamination and surface insulation resistance measure different properties. We assemble printed circuit boards for other companies. We will not get combs on 90% of the boards that we assemble. | | |
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 21 21:39:19 EDT 2001 | davef
1) why is No-clean (NC) the preferred process, for BGA mounting by SMT? Probably the same reason NC is the preferred process for mounting non-area array SMT components. 2) why is water-soluble (WS) not a hot choice? There�s not reason not to use
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 06 12:24:03 EST 2002 | Mike Konrad
Military and most commercial standards requires post-soldered boards to measure less than 10 �g/in of NaCl (14 when using an Omegameter, 20 on a Ionagraph, and 37 on a Zero-Ion). As Dave stated, 6.5 �g/in of NaCl is called out in Mil-P-55110 for ba
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 17 02:45:18 EDT 1998 | Bob Willis
| 5 micrograms per sq. cm. is actually not too clean. The maximum military allowed post-clean, on-board contamination is 5.7 micrograms of NaCl /cm squared (when using the Zero-Ion brand ionic contamination tester). | We are use to seeing cleanlines
Electronics Forum | Wed May 27 08:46:25 EDT 1998 | Dave F
| | | | We understand that testing for ionic contamination and surface insulation resistance measure different properties. We assemble printed circuit boards for other companies. We will not get combs on 90% of the boards that we assemble. | | | |
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 11 22:06:00 EDT 2001 | davef
The issue is not the cleanliness of your in-bound water. The issue is the cleanliness of the board your customer receives. Look at J-STD-001C, Para 8, "Cleanliness Requirements". The end product cleanliness is the end result of your: * In-bound
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 15 22:37:27 EDT 2002 | davef
Regarding your customer suditor, it would have been nice if you said something like ... Routinely, our testing shall be less than 1.56 microgram/cm^2 NaCl equivalent ionic or ionizable flux residue, according to TM-650, Method 2.3.35 'Detection And
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 09 21:45:11 EST 1998 | Dave F
Graham: I agree. Very thorny. What is clean?? And how is that controlled?? Back 25 or so years ago, soldering was done with high solids rosin fluxes. The issue with cleanliness was ionic contamination. The US military and others set a fairly a
Electronics Forum | Mon May 10 15:17:37 EDT 1999 | C.K.
| If I clean my assembly and find no visable contamination with the unaided eye, do I need to do cleanliness testing prior to conformal coating? | More than likely, you're okay if you can't see any contamination with the unaided eye. However, the
Electronics Forum | Sun May 09 16:25:00 EDT 2004 | gabriele
Military and most commercial standards requires > post-soldered boards to measure less than 10 > �g/in of NaCl (14 when using an Omegameter, 20 > on a Ionagraph, and 37 on a Zero-Ion). > > As Dave > stated, 6.5 �g/in of NaCl is called out in >