Square vs. Circular Apertures and the Five Ball Rule Revisited
Folks, I recently posted that circular apertures deliver much less solder past than square apertures. One of the obvious reasons is that a circle of d...
Solder Failure Analysis
Failure analysis, physics of failure, design of experiments, and traceability are essential skills and systems needed to determine a root cause, a sol...
Indium Corporation and SAFI-Tech Announce Partnership in Very Low Temperature Solders
Folks, Soldering is one of the oldest technologies developed by humankind, perhaps as long as 6,000 years ago. Early uses were in the making of jewelr...
The Importance of an Oxygen Barrier In Solder Paste Flux
Folks, Solder paste is arguably one of the most highly engineered materials. What is usually called solder paste “flux” is a combination o...
Celebrating Women in Science at Indium Corporation!
Join us as we’re introducing our latest series, “Celebrating Women in Science.” In the coming weeks, get to know six women at Indium...
Excel Software Tool to Determine Mass Fractions in Binary Alloy
Folks, Recently, I posted a derivation of the equations to determine the mass fractions of two metals in a binary alloy. I thought it may be help...
How to Calculate the Metal Mass Fractions in a Two-Metal Alloy System
Folks, I was surprised to see the wrong formula for metal alloy density calculations on YouTube. The wrong (Eq. 1) and correct (Eq. 2) formulas ...
Indium, not silicon, will likely lead to 6G communications
The rollout of wireless communication networks began back in 1979 when Nippon launched the first commercially automated mobile network, known today as...
IMS 2022!
The International Microwave Symposium (IMS) (June 21-23) is the premier annual international meeting for technologists involved in all aspec...
New Excel Software Tools to Practice for SMTA Certification #2: Reflow Profiling
Folks, In my last post, I shared about an Excel®-based software tool called Line Balancer™ to help candidates for SMTA Certification prepare...
