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Indium Corporation's extensive solder alloy list contains over 200 alloys and pure

Folks, The challenge of removing heat from electronics is almost as old as the 100 year old electronics industry. In modern electronics, most of the heat generated is by the integrated circuits (ICs)

Liquid metal (technically, metal which is liquid at room temperature) is mysterious to many people. It challenges the metal stereotypes we have -most metals are too hot to touch when they are liquid

For some reason, I find the combination of gold and indium incredibly interesting. This shouldn’t come as a surprise; I caught gold fever panning for gold during a trip to Alaska, and

If you missed the first part of this series, you can find it here. We have defined low-temperature alloys and discussed two interesting properties of these alloys: melting points and expansion during

If you missed the first part of this series, you can find it here. Expansion during cooling is a low-temperature alloy property that can be very useful. Remember your material science courses: most

If you missed the first part of this series, you can find it here. Low-temperature alloys have unique properties that can be designed into interesting applications (which we plan on discussing later

I find low-temperature solder alloys very interesting, especially when I find a new use for them. In this series, I hope to spark an idea in YOUR mind about how a low-temperature alloy might be just

Although Au/Sn solder performs like a braze in service, it can also be processed as a solder using flux. There is a caveat – not all fluxes can handle the high processing temperature required

This is it. This is my final blog post as a 2017 Indium Corporation intern. The last ten weeks have been incredible, and looking back only proves to me that this program is effective in teaching us

My final blog is a thank you to Indium Corporation for a fantastic summer. This has been a great experience all around for me. I have learned so much, and done so many new and interesting things.

As the summer comes to an end, I am not only saddened by the fact that school will soon resume but also due to my leaving Indium

Well guys, here we are. I can’t even describe how fast these ten weeks have flown by. Not only has this internship been an amazing experience, but I’ve also made some great friends along

As our time comes to an end within the summer 2017 internship program at Indium Corporation, I begin to reflect upon all that I have encountered and learned over the last 10 weeks. Being in the

As I sit at my desk on the last full day of my internship, I think about how amazing it was to have the opportunity to be an Indium Corporation intern. I’ve learned so many new skills, improved

The past 10 weeks has been a fantastic experience here at Indium Corporation. There was no “they’re just interns” stigma. I didn’t just run and get coffee, or wait patiently

How’s it going guys? There’s an old saying: wherever you are, bloom where you are planted. Throughout this internship, I’ve essentially had to do just that. Unlike the other

Our world is transforming into one where every function of society relies on computers; specifically their software. Computer programming is becoming required in high schools across the United

We have the power to change our mindsets, to adjust the way we think about our lives and the world around us. We can accomplish this in ways that allow us to appreciate everything we have, and what

Here is a quick rundown of indium metal properties: Tensile strength: 273PSI Shear Strength: 890PSI Young’s Modulus: 1.57×106 PSI Elongation: up to 41% Brinell Hardness: 0.9 If you study

Soldering without flux is generally regarded as difficult if not impossible. Yet a fluxless process is routinely done with 80Au/Sn ribbon and preforms – how can this be? The short answer: