Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 20 14:20:46 EDT 2012 | blnorman
From what I was told, gold flash normally refers to 10 microinches of gold.
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 21 10:35:37 EDT 2012 | davef
Flash gold is just thin electrolytic gold plating over electroless nickel or electrolytic nickel. Flash gold plating ... * Less than 3 microinch thick will be porous and take solder poorly * Greater than 10 microinch thick will cause brittle solder c
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 20 10:05:35 EDT 2012 | guyramsey
What is the state of the art in electroplated gold flash a a surface finish; thickness and tolerance limits?
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 24 10:07:46 EDT 2012 | eezday
The answer, as stated above, is 3 microinch's however, it is equaly important, if not more important, to understand that the only function of the gold is to protect the surfaces beneath it. Only enough gold to cover the nickel beneath it should be u
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 28 16:03:53 EST 2005 | Chris
I have lots of experience with thermosonic gold ball bonding. You can read the literature and you will probably find some papers that say you can do it. I have never been able to do it. We gold ball bond all day long with little problems at all bu
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 20 18:15:02 EDT 2002 | davef
Haaaaa!!!! Soldering to plastic!!!! An apt analogy!!! I like to compare it to soldering to dirt. Some thing. In fact, you are soldering on nickel, when soldering on many things. It�s just that the gold, er Pd, flash enables the wetting mechanism
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 08 08:18:29 EST 2005 | grantp
Hi, We have recently moved to flash gold as well, as we had solderability issues with emerson gold, and this was supposed to be a solution. However I did not know flash gold would be thicker, and could have other issues. Is flash gold a stable boar
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 06 14:03:18 EDT 2013 | horchak
If you are a CEM you are setting yourself up for failure and will be left holding the bag. Flash gold has one purpose. It is a protective coating for the base medal to keep it from oxidizing. It is very thin and will be absorbed into the solder joint
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 24 18:07:25 EST 2006 | Chris
Flash gold is just thin gold plating over electroless nickel or electrolytic nickel. Flash gold is electrolytic gold where the panel is connected to a plating rectifier and current causes the plating process to occur. Gold thickness is controlled b
