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What Is Solder Paste?

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  • Flux
  • Indium Corporation
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  • Solder
  • Solder Alloys
  • Solder Flux
  • Soldering
  • Solder Paste
  • Solderability
  • Soldering Materials

  • For many in the electronics assembly world solder paste is often treated as a near commodity item. However, from within the walls of a solder paste manufacturer it becomes quite obvious that it is a highly engineered and intricate material.

     

     

     

     

     

    The simplest answer to the question “What is solder paste?” is “It is a mixture of powdered solder alloy suspended in a flux (vehicle).” But the real answer is deeper than that very cursory response.

     

     

     

     

     

    Later, we will discuss these topics in detail:

     

     

    • Alloy

       

    • Powder

       

    • Flux

       

    • Mixing and Metal Loading

       

     

     

     

    That grey “sludge” that you use for soldering did not come out of a tar pit deep in a jungle somewhere. It is a sophisticated material that requires intelligent engineering and chemistry, equipment and proper handling at all levels of manufacture