Soldering to Wood
Many surface finishes are solderable with the right flux. Many of our electronic devices use solder to bond copper, silver, gold, and other metals, bu...
Solder
Why the World Needs SACm® Solder: improved shock resistance and thermal cycling performance in electronics assembly
As the world began transitioning to Pb-Free solder in the early 2000’s, the electronics industry determined that SAC387 (95.5Sn/3.8Ag/0.7Cu) was...
Why I am a Global Warming Skeptic
Folks, I am a global warming skeptic. This term, however, requires some explanation. I believe in climate change. The climat...
NanoFoil® Cracking
I recently noticed something that appeared in a 3rd party lab report that a customer shared with me. This lab report was an analysis of a NanoBond®...
What Is Indium?
Being the Indium Corporation, we know what indium is, where it comes from, and how to use it. But sometimes we forget that not everyone is as im...
Wet Gold II: Measuring Gold Content in an Ore With Only a Scale
Folks, In my last post we saw how you could measure density with only a scale. In this post, we will expand on that technique and learn h...
Thermal conductivity of NanoFoil®
A NanoBond® acts like a traditional solder bond in many ways. After reaction, the bulk properties of NanoFoil® are similar to that of many sol...
Wet Gold: A Technique to Measure Density Without Knowing the Volume
Folks, In the category of interesting requests, Ron, a gold worker, from Guyana, sent me the following note: Dr. Ron, My colleagues use a “...
2013 SVC Presentation: A High Temperature, High-Strength, Pb-Free, Metallic Sputtering Target Bond using Reactive Multilayer NanoFoil
I’m not the only one presenting new NanoFoil® data at this year’s SVC (Society of Vacuum Coaters) Conference. Another member of o...
Has Lead-Free RoHS Compliant Assembly Reliability and Cost "Arrived?"
Folks, I was at APEX 2013 San Diego this past week. San Diego is a great venue for the show, but I always forget how cold it can be (55-65°F...
Packaging NanoFoil® Preforms
NanoFoil® can be packaged in tape & reel, bulk containers, or waffle packages. Here are the main advantages of each type of packaging: Tape &a...