Extremely Precise Alloy Density Calculation is Difficult
Folks, Ken writes: Dr. Ron, Thanks for your helpful post. I get close (-1.1%) with your formulas for an alloy I am working with. I think the crystal...
Folks, Ken writes: Dr. Ron, Thanks for your helpful post. I get close (-1.1%) with your formulas for an alloy I am working with. I think the crystal...
Wandering through the references to indium metal on the internet, I sometimes see it referred to as, “that ‘rare’ metal.“...
Solderspheres or solder spheres, or even solder balls: whatever you call them, Indium Corporation has been making them for years and has rightly acqui...
I mentioned in a previous a blog posting that the primary driver for halogen-free electronics is ostensibly environmental, but that the confusion abou...
Folks, APEX 2010 appeared to be a great success. Attendance was high and my “Lead-Free Assembly” workshop broke a personal record of ...
Folks, Bob Landman’s comments to my tin whisker posts appear below. Friendly dialogue such as this helps us to all learn more and is ...
Folks, After my recent post on the fact that there was no data linking tin whiskers to the Toyota sudden acceleration issues, there continue to be m...
Graping is a phenomenon which appears as un-reflowed solder particles, typically seen on the surface of the solder joint. &nbs...
If you look for indium on the periodic chart, you will see that it located right by tin (Sn) and lead (Pb) but it is a world away in terms of its prop...
Those of you have been watching this blog for a while will know that I’ve been keeping tabs on the status of the European ELV (End-of-life vehic...
Folks, I will be giving a webinar on the status of lead-free alloy proliferation with SMTA on March 4th, and a similar one with IPC on March...