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Indium Corporation Introduces New Ball-Attach Flux

May 25, 2021

Indium Corporation continues to expand its flux portfolio with WS-823—a proven, one-step ball grid array (BGA) ball-attach flux designed to eliminate the costly and warpage-inducing prefluxing step, especially on Cu-OSP substrate. 

While the standard ball-attach process requires two steps, especially on a Cu-OSP substrate, WS-823 is a halogen-free, water-wash flux designed for a single-step ball-attach process that eliminates the prefluxing step in order to create reliable ball-to-pad joints.  

WS-823 provides:

  • Tackiness suitable for holding solder spheres in place during reflow
  • Excellent solderability on a wide range of surfaces, including AuNi and oxidized Cu-OSP
  • Uniform pin transfer over extended periods, eliminating changes in joint quality over time and uneven deposit sizes, which can lead to "missing ball" 
  • A formula engineered for low-voiding, thereby increasing joint strength 
  • Good cleanability with room temperature DI water, avoiding the formation of white residue

For more information on WS-823, and other materials in Indium Corporation's ball-attach flux porfolio, visit www.indium.com/ball-attach.

About Indium Corporation

Indium Corporation is a premier materials refiner, smelter, manufacturer, and supplier to the global electronics, semiconductor, thin-film, and thermal management markets. Products include solders and fluxes; brazes; thermal interface materials; sputtering targets; indium, gallium, germanium, and tin metals and inorganic compounds; and NanoFoil®. Founded in 1934, the company has global technical support and factories located in China, Germany, India, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the U.S.

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