Forming Gas I: What is it?
Forming gas is a complicated topic, so I will provide some preliminary background in this section, then get into the soldering part next time. Don&rsq...
Forming gas is a complicated topic, so I will provide some preliminary background in this section, then get into the soldering part next time. Don&rsq...
Today I made my rounds in the office, collecting ideas for you from our tech guys – ideas to help you speed the alloy and flux s...
Conductive epoxy is a common material choice for bonding components, especially if the assembly process is temperature-sensitive. Tin-based solde...
7:40am Just got in, fired up the laptop, and made some hot chocolate. This is the best time to get a......
The use of gold layers deposited onto nickel is standard in many industries, from DRAM memory module edge connectors, to electrical test probe co...
As a supplier of electronics materials, Indium Corporation is constantly faced with customer requests for “halogen-free” (HF) soldering fl...
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...
Had some very interesting conversations at the IWLPC show last week, as always: one discussion was with my good friend Jeff Schake of Dek. He knew I h...
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...
Folks, Recently, I ran into The Professor. He graciously agreed to an interview. The following is the discussion from our meeting....
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...
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...