Indium 101 - Earth Abundant Material or Rare?
Wandering through the references to indium metal on the internet, I sometimes see it referred to as, “that ‘rare’ metal.“...
Wandering through the references to indium metal on the internet, I sometimes see it referred to as, “that ‘rare’ metal.“...
Folks, After my recent post on the fact that there was no data linking tin whiskers to the Toyota sudden acceleration issues, there continue to be m...
If you look for indium on the periodic chart, you will see that it located right by tin (Sn) and lead (Pb) but it is a world away in terms of its prop...
I caught up with Alan Rae after a recent IWLPC committee meeting, where he jokingly asked me to, “Stop asking important questions” –...
Tin Whiskers growing between pure tin-plated hook terminals of an electromagnetic relay. Image courtesy of nepp.nasa.gov ......
Have you ever wondered about what happens to a Pb-free Ball-Grid Array (BGA), with Tin/Silver/Copper (SAC) spheres in a Tin/Lead (Sn/Pb) proces...
When you think of solders, you generally think of tin, lead, copper, silver. But have you ever considered bismuth? Bismuth as a pure metal...
Once you have an understanding of the type of solder needed for an application, (a hard solder such as AuSn for reflow temperatures above 125&d...
Next on the soldering to list is soldering to immersion silver (ImAg). ImAg is probably the only solder finish that is sensitive to the profile used f...
Soldering to copper has been around since the beginning of soldering itself. Copper wiring and copper pipes are where soldering began, and copper is s...
Soldering just plain copper has gone away. Now, there are many different surface finishes that we, as an industry, solder to. This includes Organic So...