Posted On: January 13th, 2012 | By: Eric Bastow

Indium-Copper Intermetallics in Soldering

Indium and indium-containing alloys see wide use in a multitude of soldering applications. Indium has many attractive properties such as remaining duc...

Posted On: November 30th, 2011 | By: Eric Bastow

Tombstoning: The Death of a PCBA

Tombstoning (also known as the Manhattan effect, drawbridge effect, or Stonehenge effect) is described (in the simplest, and most common, sense) as oc...

Posted On: November 30th, 2011 | By: Indium Corporation®

Indium Alloys for Soldering to Gold

Here is a question that was received and answered on our website almost a decade ago – but it is still quite relevant: p......

Posted On: November 29th, 2011 | By: Indium Corporation®

Hand Soldering Recommendations for Solar Module Assembly

Here is a list of tricks to help you overcome the issues that can arise while hand soldering silicon-based solar cells (and other applications as well...

Posted On: November 8th, 2011 | By: Indium Corporation®

Recycling Solder Dross

Anyone who has used wave soldering to assemble PCBs knows about that chunky layer of metal that collects on the smooth surface of the molten solder.&n...

Posted On: October 27th, 2011 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

SMTAI 2011: My Review

Folks, I was at SMTAI 2011 last week and, as usual, JoAnn Stromberg and......

Posted On: October 24th, 2011 | By: Liyakathali Koorithodi

Soldering: an Indian Engineer's Perspective!

Hi there! I am excited, this is my first blog post -ever. I am excited that it is a technical blog of Indium Corporation. My story is very ...

Posted On: August 10th, 2011 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

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...