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...
Dr. Ron Lasky's Blog
Response-to-Pause: A Critical Solder Paste Parameter
Folks, Solder paste is arguably the most highly engineered material in electronic assembly. It has many properties that must be favorable for its good...
Minimizing Graping
Folks, This post is an excerpt on graping, from Indium Corporation's The Printed Circuits Assemblers Guide to Solder Defects. Intr...
Join Me at SMTA Pan Pacific 2023 to Learn about the Twin Paradox
Folks, Although my PhD is in materials science, my BS was in engineering physics. While getting my BS, I studied Einstein’s special theory of re...
Have You Been Keeping up with The Adventures of Maggie Benson?
Folks, Two of the workers at Ivy-Benson electronics just got engaged and they are on their way to a factory in Mexico to see if their boss Maggie Bens...
Minimizing Tombstoning
Folks, This post is an excerpt from Indium Corporation's The Printed Circuits Assemblers Guide to Solder Defects. Introduction: Printed...
Workshop at SMTAI: Defeating Defects
Folks, I am presenting a workshop on Defeating Defects at SMTAI on October 31. This workshop is based on the recently published booklet The Printed Ci...
Join Me at SMTA PanPac 2023
Folks, I’ve gone to SMTA PanPac since 2018 and it is a terrific conference. This coming year’s conference, from January 30 to Februar...
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...
Professor Michael Dickey: Prophet of Liquid Gallium Metals
Folks, North Carolina State’s Professor Michael Dickey is arguably the world expert on applications of liquid gallium metal. See his Tedx T...
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...
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...