Metal Loading: Powder Size for Printing and Dispensing
At Indium Corporation, we get a lot of questions about solder paste - its composition, its application, and best practice advice. Many of those q...
Meagan Sloan's Blog
Specifying Flux for Pure Indium Preforms
Jim Hisert enlists Meagan Sloan, Technical Support Engineer to recommend a flux for his indium preform application. ...
Chemistry: Not Just a One Way Track
My indirect route to finding out what I really love to do - chemistry and engineering. Use as many resources as you can to help you find your way....
Semiconductor Fluxes: Part 3
Part 3 of the semiconductor flux series talks about the important cleaning function of fluxes and how thermocompression bonding can help prevent warpa...
Semiconductor Fluxes: Part 2
This is the second in a series of posts about semiconductor fluxes, and talks about the optimal dipping depth for flip-chip fluxes....
Semiconductor Fluxes: Part 1
If you are a little intimidated by semiconductor products, this blog post provides a simple explanation to help you better understand these products....
Cold Welding: All Metals Versus Indium
All metals can be cold welded. Indium is unique in that it can cold weld to itself at extremely low pressure....
Why is a Soldering Flux Needed?
There are several questions that come up when learning about fluxes like, what does a flux do? How does a flux work? Why do I need a flux?...
Eutectic vs. Non-eutectic Solder Alloys
Every alloy has both a solidus and a liquidus melting temperature. The solidus temperature is the point when the alloy just starts to melt. ...
What Changed Between IPC J-STD-004A and J-STD-004B?
Comparing and contrasting these two standards....
What is an Alloy?
An alloy is comprised of two or more metals. These metals are stable and have some level of solubility together; otherwise, they would not form ...
What Is A Solder Alloy's 'Liquidus'?
The liquidus of an alloy is the temperature above which the alloy is completely liquid....