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New product design is a very complex process, with lots of moving parts that have to come together and fit perfectly. Ignoring even the simplest of the steps can result in a product failure or

Yeah, that seems like a good way to put it: Flux Chemistry is Oxide Specific. I’ve discussed this for years, and I usually fumble over the words, but it is that

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)

As a young Application Engineer, I was focused on knowing the answer to definite questions. Now I look at data differently – I look for trends. Around 10 years ago testing was done to determine

Our friends at North Carolina State University are at it again – doing interesting things with liquid metals. You can find their new work energizing deposits of EGaIn (Eutectic Gallium/Indium)

Question: What do I do with the unused portion of a container of solder paste? Phil Zarrow: The key thing here is to store the solder paste properly. So what we want to do is to keep the solder paste

Question: How do I accurately measure how long it takes my container of solder paste to reach room temperature? Phil Zarrow: The interval of time that it takes the solder paste to reach the ambient

What am I plating and why will Indium Corporationhave the answer ? Indium Corporation developed the world's first commercial indium plating system in the early 1930's. Since then, we have had

Question: For reflow profiling, where's the best place for me to attach my thermocouples? Phil Zarrow: To get a real good indication of what your delta-T at peak temperature during profiling is,

A fun part of any job is sharing what you do with others. Lately I’ve had the opportunity to share a demonstration of pure indium properties at a few different events. The demonstration of

Question: Can I use Kapton tape to attach thermocouples for reflow profiling? Phil Zarrow: As common as it is, it's not really a best practice to use Kapton tape for attaching the thermocouple

Phil Zarrow: Hey, Brook, in the world of no-clean solder paste formulations, what's new? BrookSandy-Smith: Well, Indium Corporation has just released a new solder paste, Indium10.1HF. This is a

I’ve noticed that most of the questions we receive regarding indium plating are along the lines of, “Where can I get an indium plating kit?” Or, “How much does it cost?”

Seth Homer, Product Manager Engineer Solders, and Phil Zarrow discuss Indium Corporation’s InFORMS® preforms and patent-pending ribbon. They review how InFORMS® unique composition make

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

Folks, From Stone Age humans to Cleopatra to Galileo to Harriet Beecher Stowe, when night came people lived in the dark. Oh, for sure there were candles and oil burning lamps, but the light output

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

Brook Sandy-Smith, Technical Support Engineer for PCB Assembly Materials, will chair a panel on Warpage-Induced Defects & Component Warpage Limits at SMTAI 2017 on Wednesday, September 20 in the