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We have a feeling that a superhero made out of indium would look a little like this

Wordle Word Cloud for Rick Short's B2B Marcom Blog A Wordle Word Cloud of this posting Wordleoffers a neat and free tool that helps you see what your communications look like (in one unique way).

According toa report from SocialMediaRelease.org, "To stay competitive in the tech industry today you have to be: • Findable • Believable • Credible • Prove Value …

Indium Foil used as a thermal interface can easily be handled with pick and place tools. Never worked with indium foil and wondering, "What's all the hype about?" In many ways, indium

When I was a kid I had a Rubik’s Cube. My friends had these puzzles as well. I never figured mine out, and from the examples I saw of friends cubes – they never got it right

How hot are you setting your solder iron for hand soldering using solder wire or preforms? If you are cranking up the solder iron temperature because you have transitioned to lead-free solders, think

Working with a male-dominated team of engineers, I hear my fair share of guy talk. As would be expected from this group, many of their conversations are about their cars –how fast, how much

Halogen-free materials are gaining popularity in a market that will remain halogen dominated in the near future. Fluxes and other materials that contain <900ppm Cl and <900ppm Br account for an

Extend the life of a device by reducing junction temperature love rules of thumb. They keep my life simple and my mind unscattered of all the exact figures I calculate on a daily

Typical profile for Pb-free sphere mounting for BGA assembly, adjusted using a commercial profiling tool. As a musician, I understand how important it is to find the perfect sound. When you record

According to MarketingSherpa's MarketingYak podcast: Stefan Tornquist, Research Director, MarketingSherpa, talks about some of the profound shifts in spending that show up in a September 2009

JEDEC standards for the semiconductor industry include practical test methods for accelerated life testing of indium thermal interface materials Accelerated life testing is a necessary part of

I enjoyed this quote in today'sAmerican Marketing Associatione-letter: "Knowledge comes by taking things apart: analysis. But wisdom comes by putting things together." –John A.

In recent days, one of my fellow applications engineers, Jim Hisert posted a blog on his semiconductor website about indium bonding and indium cold welding. This is a topic that comes up often both

The term “indium bonding” refers to attaching two surfaces with the very unique element indium (In). Indium is one of the few elements used in lower temperature solders, and out of those

If you end up at the 2008 International Wafer-Level Packaging Conference, make sure you check out the presentation for “Metrology in Wafer-Level Microsphere Processes”. You’ll learn

A few of my colleagues and I have been kicking around social media tools and how they relate to our business to business marcom

This stencil/screen design was carried out by Jeff Schake of DEK International. Sorry for the blurry detail – it references the aperture design for each pattern across the tool. During the

Knowing that I am a stickler for proper punctuation, a colleague shared with me a link toNationalPunctuationDay.com. How fortunate that the message arrived on National Punctuation Day! I like this

Folks, Last week Indium Corp held its annual Technology Summit. There were many excellent technical presentations. Chris Anglin's brought out some information I would like to share with you. In

To ensure high quality, reliable solder connections, for most devices it is a requirement to have very clean