Understanding Gold on Nickel
The use of gold layers deposited onto nickel is standard in many industries, from DRAM memory module edge connectors, to electrical test probe co...
No Clean Flux
Halogen-free Fluxes: Standards Status Report
As a supplier of electronics materials, Indium Corporation is constantly faced with customer requests for “halogen-free” (HF) soldering fl...
A Clean Laboratory
If you’re a reader of this blog, you most likely deal with solder paste, flux, or some other messy material. How can you keep these materi...
Solder Paste – Flux
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...
The Best Flux For Hand Soldering and Rework
Solder Basics… If I needed to pick my favorite flux for hand soldering, it would easily be PoP Flux 030B. I know it’s probably...
Flux Residue Levels: Not as Simple as you Think
After you’ve reflowed solder in contact with a flux, you’re always left with a certain amount of flux residue. There are no clear industry...
Canada Considers Banning Resins/Rosins
Got contacted last week by Tony Hilvers of the IPC (Association Connecting Electronics Industries). Tony tells me that the Canadian Government is...
Liquid Metal Packaging for Thermal Transfer
We’ve had some questions about using liquid metal or indium alloys liquid at room temperature containing indium and gallium, and the...
Water “Soluble”, Water “Washable”, Water “Cleanable” Solder Paste (Part 3 - Compared to No-Clean Solder Paste)
Eric rounds out the week with this post comparing the 2 major classifications of solder paste: p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in.....
Water “Soluble”, Water “Washable”, Water “Cleanable” Solder Paste (Part 2 – Cleaning)
Here is another bit from Eric, explaining issues that might arise while cleaning water soluble solder paste: p class="MsoNormal" style="...
Water “Soluble”, Water “Washable”, Water “Cleanable” Solder Paste (Part 1 - Definition)
This week Eric Bastow offers a series of 3 entries to explain the basics of water soluble solder paste:br......
Should I be Afraid of Formic Acid?
I was asked by a customer (who I consider a friend), if I had any information about formic acid.span style="mso-spacerun:......