Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 29 20:02:58 EDT 2002 | davef
Often assemblers leave areas unsoldered for future component additions, modifications, and test points. On imm silver boards, these unsoldered areas become a real bear to solder/test later in life. One way to avoid that problem is deposit some solder
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 30 16:25:21 EDT 2002 | davef
Imm silver holds-up to multiple thermal cycles very well. The things, we guess, are happening to make imm silver tough to solder after heating and sitting are: * Oxidation of the silver. * Reduction of the co-deposited organic anti-tarnish [used in
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 30 04:44:31 EDT 2002 | jason
Hi Dave, Why does it become " a bear" if u leave it unsoldered ?? Does it oxidise or something ?? Question (1): Does Ag imm. PCB need to use Solder paste with AG ?? If yes, why. Question (2): Does Ag imm pcb have poorer surface finishes than HAS
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 18 11:20:52 EDT 2001 | furrer
1. Does anyone has seen results for the reliability of Solder Paste containing less than 1% Silver. (It is in use for soldering 0402 components because of Tombstones. 2. Is it common to use eutectic Solder Paste SnPb, without any silver, for regular
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 16 17:54:12 EST 2003 | Ren�
Hi burb , reflow temps are same than other profiles just follow your solder paste recomendations , Will help you a lot a solder paste with Silver , or if you want to eliminate completely the granular looking , use nitrogen with your oven ( You will s
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 18 18:39:15 EDT 2001 | davef
Responding to your questions ... RELIABILITY OF 1% SILVER SOLDER PASTE: It�s as good as the next solder paste, all other things the same. Look at your back articles by Jennie Hang in SMT magazine. I want to say she wrote an article on the topic i
Electronics Forum | Sun Jul 04 19:49:05 EDT 2004 | indy
Hello Everyone, We are having some problem with Palladium-Silver surface finish. We have ceramic components with the above surface finish. When we try to assemble these on Sn/Pb solder, we are observing open joints. If we reflow the compt for more t
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 13 08:08:33 EDT 1999 | Rob Palson
We process both tin/lead plated boards and gold plated boards in our surface mount group. I have used Sn62/Pb36/Ag2 solder paste on all gold plated boards to help prevent gold scavaging. To reduce the amount of different solder pastes we have to bu
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 09 20:28:14 EDT 2004 | Ken
I have experience in this. My company offers Lead free SMT and Wave soldering. I have processed ImSn, ImAg, Enig, OSP in both smt and wave. Yes, silver leaching will occur. Yes, copper leaching will occur. High tin content solders disolve everyt
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 07 08:28:41 EDT 2004 | Dougie
Hi, We are Scottish manufacturing company considering a move to Immersion Silver finished PWB's from HASL. The driver behind it being the RoHS and WEEE legislation in Europe at present. My question is... We plan on using a Sn/Cu/Ni solder bar in o
