Why doesn't my 80Au 20Sn solder look any thing like gold?
If you have ever handled a piece of 80Au 20Sn solder alloy, one of the things that......
If you have ever handled a piece of 80Au 20Sn solder alloy, one of the things that......
Unbeknowst to me, the refrigerator where I store my solder paste and fluxes that I use for SIR (Surface Insulation Resistance) testing was.....
The following videos show a live demonstration of the set-up and operation of the indium sulfamate plating bath. The workpiece in this demonstration i...
Nitinol (a nickel titanium alloy) has become a very important material, especially in the medical world. It is often necessary to “attach”...
ITO is one of the materials that makes the magic of flat panel displays (monitors, TVs, etc.) possible. When sputtered on in a thin layer, it act...
Once the flux has been formulated and scaled up it then must be mixed with solder powder. The mixing procedure and equipment must be capable of provid...
The second main ingredient in solder paste is the flux (vehicle). Flux is a very complex group of chemicals/materials that must be able to do a number...
Once an alloy has been made it then needs to be fashioned into very small spherical particles, often referred to as solder......
Much to the surprise of the SnPb and SAC alloy consuming world, there are a number of alloys available in solder paste, each with their own unique mel...
For many in the electronics assembly world solder paste is often treated as a near commodity item. However, from within the walls......