High Reliability Lead-free Solder SN100C(Sn-0.7Cu-0.05Ni+Ge) High Reliability Lead-free Solder SN100C(Sn-0.7Cu-0.05Ni+Ge) While the situation varies from country to country, nearly one year after the EU RoHS Directive came into force
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: In studying the effect of Ni on the behavior of the Sn-0.7wt%Cu solder it was found early on that nearly all the Ni ends up in the Sn-Cu intermetallic, substituting for Cu in the crystal structure so that phase can be characterized as (Cu,Ni)6Sn5