Electronics Forum | Fri May 17 03:04:15 EDT 2002 | Mike Konrad
This conversation reminds me of the old �How Many Engineers Does It Take To�� joke. We manufacturer the ionic contamination (ROSE, SEC) testers and I am not aware of anyone that performs such exacting surface area calculations. Most people use th
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 06 17:16:02 EDT 2003 | pjc
Yes, the OmegaMeter and IonoGraph are test equipment to measure ionic contamination. Either of those units should enable you to sort your inventory boards. for more info about this equipment, go to: www.cooksonee.com/products/scs/CoatingSystems/Ionic
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 07 11:10:08 EDT 2019 | teejsd
We also have a Foresite C3 for spot testing for ionic contamination. I didn't use it at this spot, but used it some other spots around the PCB that showed this color change and with our C3 we were passing IPC standard for ionics. But I was wonderin
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 >
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 18 09:20:22 EDT 2004 | QE
Davef, Sorry for the late response. I was trying to gather more info. The group with low ionic contamination levels came from one of our other facilities. We want to outsource more of our product due to increasing demand. Both groups use the same
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 22 16:30:50 EDT 2013 | joeherz
Dear Lord, We have had similar challenges with customer requirements related to ionic testing. You have determined that you cannot get a reliable result from testing at the stage where the adhesive has been applied. That option is out. Assuming
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 14 10:26:55 EDT 1998 | Mike Konrad
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 cleanliness re
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 06 16:18:30 EDT 2003 | pjc
If the flux is already eating thru Cu it must have been some time since the boards were soldered with the OA flux. Ionic contamination testing (with OmegaMeter or IonoGraph)can be done to find contaminated boards and cleaning the boards can be done
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 29 13:51:24 EST 2008 | bbarton
Dave F....BOGUS BOGUS BOGUS What compatability issue could there possibly be if the flux is removed during wash???? Why on EARTH would you leave ANY WS flux residue on the board? A recipie for disaster! Beef up the cleaning process, test for contami
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 17 11:09:32 EDT 1998 | Dave F
| I need an evaluation process to prove to a customer that our no-clean process does not leave excessive residue? Any ideas? Wayne: More of the same as Chry and Justin. KEY ISSUE The first thing that you need to know is: What does your customer me
