Posted On: June 8th, 2010 | By: Indium Corporation®

Finally - Tabbing Ribbon Kits for Soldering Solar Cells!

I’m really excited about a new option for those of us who are prototyping solar assemblies or evaluating new tabbing ribbon materials. I’v...

Posted On: May 16th, 2010 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

Extremely Precise Alloy Density Calculation is Difficult

Folks, Ken writes: Dr. Ron, Thanks for your helpful post. I get close (-1.1%) with your formulas for an alloy I am working with. I think the crystal...

Posted On: April 21st, 2010 | By: Dr. Andy Mackie

Unique Solderspheres

Solderspheres or solder spheres, or even solder balls: whatever you call them, Indium Corporation has been making them for years and has rightly acqui...

Posted On: April 20th, 2010 | By: Dr. Andy Mackie

Halogen-free High-Lead(Pb) Die-Attach Solder Paste: Not an Oxymoron

I mentioned in a previous a blog posting that the primary driver for halogen-free electronics is ostensibly environmental, but that the confusion abou...

Posted On: March 12th, 2010 | By: Indium Corporation®

Low Temperature Alloys - Soldering 101

The most common melting temperature range for standard solders (like SnPb or SnPbAg) is in the 180°C to 190°C range, and the mo...

Posted On: March 5th, 2010 | By: Christopher Nash

Recent Electronics Assembly Trends

I love watching a good basketball game, and one of my favorite local teams is the Syracuse Orangemen. If you go to a Syracuse home game, notice.....

Posted On: March 5th, 2010 | By: Indium Corporation®

Solder Bonding to Non-Metallics: Indium 101

If you look for indium on the periodic chart, you will see that it located right by tin (Sn) and lead (Pb) but it is a world away in terms of its prop...