SMTA's Electronics in Harsh Environments Conference in Amsterdam Was a Big Success
Folks, SMTA’s Electronics in Harsh Environments Conference in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, was a big success. Over 60 people attended from all ov...
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Bismuth Alloys for Plugging and Abandonment (P&A) of Gas Pipes and Wells
Bismuth alloys offer superior properties such as expansion upon solidification, adjustable melting points, composition flexibility, zero bulk permeabi...
Join Me at the SMTA Harsh Environments Conference in Amsterdam May 23 to May 25
Folks, Join me at the SMTA Harsh Environments Conference in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on May 23 to May 25, 2023. I will be giving a presentation on &...
Peer into the Future - Technology Required for Virtual Reality
The next generation of virtual reality is packing a lot more technology into an even smaller space - but as material science engineers and solder manu...
Using the Density Technique to Estimate Gold Mass Fractions in Gold Alloys with Silver and Copper
Folks, My second email from Adriana Re using density to determine gold mass fraction is below. She asked if we could communicate in French. The transl...
How Long Does It Take to Electroplate Indium?
This blog explains how to calculate the time it takes to electroplate a metal such as Indium onto a substrate. The time it takes directly depends on t...
Calculating the Mass Fraction of Gold in a Gold Alloy
Adriana writes, "Dear Dr. Ron. I’m trying to program the equation for determining the weight fraction of gold in scrap metal from the densi...
Gallium Uses in Technology
In our modern world gallium is used everywhere, and modern life would be unrecognizible without the benefits it provides. As you are reading this, the...
Compositional Analysis of Metals by ICP-OES: Some Basics
In the world of electronics assembly, the utilization of high-quality alloys is critical to a successful product, and is verified through accurate and...
P Value Calculator for F Statistics
Folks, In my last post, I discussed an Excel® spreadsheet to calculate p values for hypothesis tests in which the t distribution is employed. The ...
Calculating the p Value from the t Value
Folks, With small sample sizes, say less than 200, the Normal Distribution needs a correction. William Sealy Gossett discovered this correction, while...
Bringing Solder Paste Reliability to E-Mobility
Solder paste is enabling the complex electronic systems of next generation of vehicles - from power inverters and battery management to infotainment...