Posted On: September 26th, 2022 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

Professor Michael Dickey: Prophet of Gallium Liquid Metals

Folks, North Carolina State’s Professor Michael Dickey is arguably the world expert on applications of liquid gallium metal. See his Tedx Talk a...

Posted On: August 31st, 2022 | By: Evan Griffith

Trade Show Travels June 2022

Where has the semiconductor team been traveling to this summer?...

Posted On: August 24th, 2022 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

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...

Posted On: August 23rd, 2022 | By: Matt Gruber

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...

Posted On: July 25th, 2022 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

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...

Posted On: July 20th, 2022 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

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...

Posted On: June 27th, 2022 | By: Joy Valencia

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...

Posted On: June 20th, 2022 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

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...

Posted On: June 14th, 2022 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

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 ...

Posted On: June 13th, 2022 | By: Indium Corporation®

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...