Apr 06, 2022 
Indium Corporation’s Alloy Group R&D Manager Dr. HongWen Zhang will deliver a presentation on the company’s award-winning Durafuse™ mixed-alloy technology as part of its popular InSIDER Series of webinars. The presentation, titled Solder Challenges and Product Development with Durafuse™ Technology, will be given on Wednesday, April 27 at 8 a.m. San Francisco/11 a.m. New York/4 p.m. London/5 p.m. Germany.
Dr. Zhang’s presentation will focus on the shortcomings of traditional solder materials and examine the ability of Indium Corporation’s Durafuse™ technology to provide a solution to these challenges. He will highlight the benefits of Durafuse™ LT, a patented, innovative, low-temperature, mixed-alloy technology that offers enhanced reliability with drop shock performance two orders of magnitude better than Bi-containing solders. He will also discuss Durafuse™ HT, a new patent-pending product designed as a drop-in solution to replace and outperform the traditional high-lead solders in die-attach and clip-bond applications. Click here to register.
Dr. Zhang is manager of the alloy group in Indium Corporation’s R&D department. His focus is on the development of Pb-free solder materials and the associated technologies for high-temperature and high-reliability applications. He was instrumental in inventing the mixed-alloy solder technique to combine the merits of constituents to improve wetting, reduce processing temperatures, modify the bonding surface, and control the joint’s morphology, thus improving reliability.
Dr. Zhang has a bachelor’s degree in metallurgical physical chemistry from Central South University of China, a master’s degree in materials and engineering from the Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Science, and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering and a Ph.D. in material science and engineering from the Michigan Technological University. He has a Six Sigma Green Belt from the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College, and is a certified IPC Specialist for IPC-A-600 and IPC-A-610 as well as a certified SMT Process Engineer. He has extensive experience in various aluminum (Al) alloys and fiber/particle reinforced Al-based composite materials, and Al-rich and ZrHf-based amorphous alloys. He has co-authored two book chapters on high-temperature lead-free bonding materials, has had a number of patents filed, and has been published in approximately 20 journals in the fields of metallurgy, materials science and engineering, physics, electronics materials, and mechanics.
Indium Corporation is a premier materials refiner, smelter, manufacturer, and supplier to the global electronics, semiconductor, thin-film, and thermal management markets. Products include solders and fluxes; brazes; thermal interface materials; sputtering targets; indium, gallium, germanium, and tin metals and inorganic compounds; and NanoFoil®. Founded in 1934, the company has global technical support and factories located in China, Germany, India, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the U.S.
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