The 6 Alloy Families: Tin
Eric Bastow discusses tin (Sn) as a key ingredient of solder alloys. He includes physical properties, performance, and applications. ...
Tin Lead Solder
Solder Technology Inside A Hot Car On A Sunny Summer Day
Here’s a true story regarding the service temperature of solder joints. Yesterday, as I left work, I noticed that it felt really hot outside. I ...
Changing the Composition of Your Tin-Lead Solder Pot
In today’s electronics manufacturing industry, many companies are using lead-free solder alloys. However, there are a few sectors in the industr...
Lead Free 2015
Folks, It is hard to believe that in July we will celebrate the 9th anniversary of the advent of RoHS. So the timing seemed right when I was recently ...
Alloy Melting
Folks, Richard asks: Dear Dr. Ron, Recently we had a solderability problem with tin-finished component leads and SAC305 solder paste. One of our...
Growing Interest in Bi-Containing Solder Alloys: Bismuth Rocks!
If you haven’t heard about Bi-containing (bismuth) solder alloys recently, that may change in the near future. Low-melting Bi-containing solders...
Specifying Solder Preforms - The Perfect Alloy
I’ve always been a strong believer that a customer should not get a solder alloy that just “works” for their application, they shoul...
Soldering to Magnet Wires with 50In50Pb Alloy
The Indium Corporation recently had a customer contact us looking for 50In50Pb solder wire. We manufacture large amounts of this indium-lead mat...
Low Temperature Solders Slated to Leave Niche Status by 2017
Folks, It surprises many people that the foundation metal of almost all solder alloys is tin. Alloy elements such as lead, silver, copper, indi...
Low-Temperature Solders: Important, Valuable
New developments are happening almost daily in the electronics device world: phones that do much more than just convey voice, clothing that monitors a...
Does Lead-Free Assembly Use a Lot More Electricity and High Melt Lead-Free Solders?
Folks, An obvious disadvantage of lead-free assembly is that the oven must be hotter and therefore will use more electricity. But is the extra ...
Lack of Concern for Tin Pest as a Reliability Issue in Mission Critical Products Still Hard to Understand
Folks, My recent post on tin whiskers sparked the memory of tin pest in my mind. I have to admit, that with all of the legitimate reliability co...