Indium Ingot
I clearly remember the first time I saw indium ingots. I had only been employed at Indium Corporation a few days. Outside an alloying room I noticed a...
I clearly remember the first time I saw indium ingots. I had only been employed at Indium Corporation a few days. Outside an alloying room I noticed a...
Folks, Let’s see how Patty is recovering from her conflict with Hal Lindsay……. Patty saw a link on one of the daily SMT Tech new...
Over the years, solder alloy choices have been pretty stable. In the last century, SN63 and SN62 could be found at any company making any k...
Folks, Pity the copper age smelter of 3000BC. He had to get his wood fire to 1085°C to smelt or melt copper, sometimes he couldn’t get...
Do you ever have a need for a “low temperature” solder (meaning an alloy that melts at less than 175C)? You may have delicate components t...
Maria Durham, Indium’s new Technical Specialist in Semiconductor and Advanced Assembly Materials, has been doing some research on indium lead (I...
Two categories of solder are available to choose from when the in-service environment for a device reaches above 125°C either in continuous operat...
Folks, I thought I would post a few short thoughts as the new year begins. Here it goes: 1. A......
Here is a list of tricks to help you overcome the issues that can arise while hand soldering silicon-based solar cells (and other applications as well...
Folks, In a recent posting we discussed that the higher melting temperatures of lead-free solder require reflow soldering temperatures to be higher, t...
Folks, An obvious disadvantage of lead-free electronics soldering assembly is that the oven must be hotter and therefore will use more electricity (ve...