Improved IMC Growth Rate Calculator
Peter writes: Dear Dr. Ron, I am thrilled with your Excel® program to calculate IMC thickness as a function of time. However, I wanted to calculat...
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Acceleration Factor Correction
Folks, About a year ago, I posted on acceleration factors in temperature stress testing. I made a mistake with the exponent. Let's fix that....
Solder Failure Analysis
Failure analysis, physics of failure, design of experiments, and traceability are essential skills and systems needed to determine a root cause, a sol...
Indium: The key to the next generation of bionic eyes
Solder is ubiquitous in internal medical technologies from pacemakers to cochlear prosthetics – the battery, components, and circuit board are h...
Why Square Apertures Provide More Solder Paste than Circular Apertures
Folks, When comparing the volume of solder paste provided by a circular versus square aperture, consider that if the side of the square is D and the d...
Using FMEA to Determine Your Tin Whisker Mitigation Strategy
Folks, In our last post, we discussed techniques to mitigate tin whiskers. To help determine what your tin whisker mitigation strategy should be, cons...
Tin: The Foundation Metal of Soldering
Folks, The vast majority of solders used in electronic assembly have, as their base metal, tin. There are some specialty gold solders, like gold-co...
A Simple Explanation of Why the Commonly Used Equation for Alloy Density is Wrong
It still surprises me that my most popular blog topic in the 15 years (yikes!) that I have been blogging is how to calculate solder alloy density havi...
SMTAi Exhibitors Collaborate to Showcase Products
Live@SMTAi is a new event at SMTAi that provides an opportunity for industry partners to collaborate to showcase materials so customer can see both eq...
Assured Solder Recycling Program
Not sure what to do with your solder dross or contaminated solder? Let Indium Corporation make it easy for you with our Assured Recycling Program....
Using a Math PreTest Before Giving a Lean Six Sigma Workshop
Patty tells Rob and The Professor how important it is to use a math pretest to determine the skill level of her class before launching into her traini...
Solder Preforms - Now More Than Ever
Solder preforms come in a variety of shapes, sizes and materials and can be the perfect solution to your unique application....