Solder Alloys
Melting Point - Tip of the Iceburg for Hand Soldering
This is a blog post about a great post that may never be… Unless a solder iron vendor wants to step up and declare that they offer technical su...
Solder Paste – Mixing and Metal Loading
Once the flux has been formulated and scaled up it then must be mixed with solder powder. The mixing procedure and equipment must be capable of provid...
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...
Solder Paste – Powder
Once an alloy has been made it then needs to be fashioned into very small spherical particles, often referred to as solder......
Solder Paste – Alloys
Much to the surprise of the SnPb and SAC alloy consuming world, there are a number of alloys available in solder paste, each with their own unique mel...
What Is Solder Paste?
For many in the electronics assembly world solder paste is often treated as a near commodity item. However, from within the walls......
Coefficient of Thermal Expansion, CTE Mismatch: Indium and Indium alloys
Materials to be used in packaging of high power semiconductor devices are often chosen by their coefficient of thermal expansion, or CTE. For ins...
Questions Our Customers Ask About Indium Corporation Products
I polled some of our field sales force to find out what common questions customers ask them. You (the reader) probably have similar questions.&n...
Lead Free Alloy Selection
Ignoring the solder selection as part of your design process is risky business. font face="Times......
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...