Has the Time Come for Tin-Bismuth Solders?
Folks, When the industry was preparing to transition to lead-free solders almost ten years ago (can it have been that......
Bismuth
Tin Whiskers found in NASA Study of Toyota Unintended Acceleration Issue
Folks, Many people responded to my recent post, In Search of Tin Whisker Fails in Lead-Free Soldering. A few pointed out that the rece...
In Search of Tin Whisker Fails in Lead-Free Soldering
Folks, In a recent post, I shared my perspective on the pluses, minuses and neutral aspects of lead-free solder assembly. In the minus category, ...
The Future of Solar Module Assembly: An Interview with Indium's Jon Major
Jon major recently joined the Indium Corporation as a Product Manager for Solar back-end assembly products. I greeted him with this impromptu int...
Metallurgy as Modern Alchemy: Bismuth
Although most scientists today feel that alchemy has been widely discredited, and I have been taught to agree, the idea of it is whimsical and exhilar...
Bismuth: My New Friend
Lately I have been researching a bunch of things, one of my favorite topics being soldering alloys. For a long time most solder (nearly all) was compr...
Answers to The SMT Process Quiz
Folks, Answers to the quiz of a few weeks back…... Phil and Rob had agreed to ask the GM if it was OK to ask the tech and engineers at some of...
Temperature Driven Applications for Fusible Alloys
Considering a fusible alloy as a solution really starts with the applications temperature profile. When cooking a turkey (pop-up timer) ...
Bismuth Solders
When you think of solders, you generally think of tin, lead, copper, silver. But have you ever considered bismuth? Bismuth as a pure metal...