Lead Free Alloy Selection
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Pb-Free
Has RoHS Really Been Successful?
In a recent blog entry titled RoHS: 3 Years Later, Dr. Lasky comments on the overall success of the RoHS legislation. Before imp...
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...
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...
INTERVIEW: Dr Jennie Hwang: World-Renowned Solder Expert
Dr Jennie Hwang I recently had the opportunity to discuss several issues in Pb-free die-attach and other solder applications with Jennie Hwang Ph...
Updated Greenpeace Greener Guide
Greenpeace has just updated their “Guide to Greener Electronics.“ There are a couple of interesting tibdits that I took from their r...
Pb-Free Solders are Not the Cause of Tin Whiskers
Tin Whiskers growing between pure tin-plated hook terminals of an electromagnetic relay. Image courtesy of nepp.nasa.gov ......
Big Bucks, Big Bucks, No Whammies!!!
If you are like me, when you hear the term “whammy” you think back to the 80’s game show called Press Your Luck. The electroni...
SAC vs. Sn/Ag for Solar Soldering
Half of the world is still “in the dark” about which alloy to use. p class="MsoNormal"......
Mixed Alloy Wetting for SAC BGA Assembly Using Sn63 Solder Paste
Have you ever wondered about what happens to a Pb-free Ball-Grid Array (BGA), with Tin/Silver/Copper (SAC) spheres in a Tin/Lead (Sn/Pb) proces...
Soldering to Gold
In previous posts, we have mentioned soldering to gold, but never discussed the unique processing aspects related to this. div sty...
ELV Legislation (II) - Revenge of ELV
Picture of a Used Car: Because you’re Good People Drilling into what’s happening with European ELV legislation and how US stakeholder...