Why doesn't my 80Au 20Sn solder look any thing like gold?
If you have ever handled a piece of 80Au 20Sn solder alloy, one of the things that......
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Lead-Free Soldering: Striving for a Consensus
Folks, Recently I posted a note about a flurry of Technet posts in which I was misquoted regarding the status of lead-free electro...
Liquid Metal Gallium and Carbon NanoTube Thermal Interface Material Patent
A new patent has been published for a liquid metal gallium plus carbon nanotube thermal interface that may capture considerably more of the thermal co...
Metal Thermal Interface Material Eliminates the WRRRRRRR!
A fisherman and tech guy at heart. Ross Berntson VP Sales Marketing and Tech Support Here is a story of a PC, a thermal management problem, an advance...
Colored Fluxes: Not Child's-Play
One of the first activities any child enjoys, once they can manipulate things, is using paints and crayons to color pictures. Stay with me: ...
Increased Use of Electricity for Lead-Free Soldering Assembly & High-Melt Lead-Free Solders
Folks, An obvious disadvantage of lead-free electronics soldering assembly is that the oven must be hotter and therefore will use more electricity (ve...
High Melting Pb-free Solder Paste
Dr Ning-Cheng Lee (Indium Corporation‘s Vice-President of Technology) just let me review his team’s excellent upcoming paper on solde...
Solder Wire
Solder wire is generally used for manual soldering operations, including rework. But, it can......
Tin-Silver (SnAg) Solder Alloy for Stringing and Bussing Solar Modules
Typical Tabbing Ribbon Solders img width="400" align="right" height="301" src="https://cdn2.content.compendium...
Happy Birthday RoHS!
Folks, It was five years ago today that RoHS was launched, amid concerns that the world of electronics would collapse due to the......
A New Low-Temperature Metallization Paste For Interconnecting Thin-Film Solar Cells
Last week I spent some time in the Advanced Materials and Process Development Lab with Eric Bastow, verifying the printing characteristics of our newe...