Parametric study of solder flux hygroscopicity: Impact of weak organic acids on water layer formation and corrosion of electronics

K Piotrowska, R Ud Din, FB Grumsen… - Journal of Electronic …, 2018 - Springer
The presence of solder flux residues on the printed circuit board assembly surface is an
important factor contributing to humidity-related reliability issues that affect device lifetime …

Humidity-related failures in electronics: effect of binary mixtures of weak organic acid activators

K Piotrowska, V Verdingovas, R Ambat - Journal of Materials Science …, 2018 - Springer
The ionic residues of activator compounds used in the no-clean solder flux systems often
remain on a Printed Circuit Board Assembly surface after the soldering process and may …

No-clean solder flux chemistry and temperature effects on humidity-related reliability of electronics

K Piotrowska, M Grzelak, R Ambat - Journal of Electronic Materials, 2019 - Springer
The use of no-clean flux technology for the wave soldering process of a printed circuit board
assembly (PCBA) influences the humidity-related robustness of the electronic devices due to …

Optimizing the quality of food powder products: the challenges of moisture-mediated phase transformations

LJ Mauer, L Forny, VDM Meunier… - Annual Review of Food …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Water is ubiquitous in the environment and is present to varying degrees even within dry
powder products and most ingredients. Water migration between the environment and a …

Water film formation on the PCBA surface and failure occurrence in electronics

K Piotrowska, MS Jellesen… - 2018 IMAPS Nordic …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The widespread use of no-clean solder flux technology compromises the corrosion reliability
of electronics exposed to humid conditions, and can lead to degradation of the device's …

Investigation on the Hygroscopicity of Deposits at the Cold-End of Biomass and Coal-Fired Plants

P Pan, K Piotrowska, M Montgomery, R Ambat… - Energy & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
At the “cold-end” of biomass and coal-fired plants, with decreasing temperature and
increasing relative humidity (RH) of the flue gas, moisture absorption by the hygroscopic …

Water–solid interactions in food ingredients and systems

LJ Mauer - Water activity in foods: Fundamentals and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This chapter contributes a review of the underlying factors by which water associates with
solids when the solid is exposed to water vapor and the resulting effects on the properties of …