Impurity and alloying effects on interfacial reaction layers in Pb-free soldering

T Laurila, V Vuorinen, M Paulasto-Kröckel - Materials Science and …, 2010 - Elsevier
The objective of this review is to study the effect of minor alloying and impurity elements,
typically present in electronics manufacturing environment, on the interfacial reactions …

A review on the interfacial intermetallic compounds between Sn–Ag–Cu based solders and substrates

G Zeng, S Xue, L Zhang, L Gao, W Dai… - Journal of Materials …, 2010 - Springer
The objective of this review is to study the interfacial intermatallic compounds (IMCs)
between Sn–Ag–Cu based solders and common substrates, which play a crucial role in …

Effect of silver (Ag) nanoparticle size on the microstructure and mechanical properties of Sn58Bi–Ag composite solders

Y Li, YC Chan - Journal of Alloys and compounds, 2015 - Elsevier
The effect of Ag nanoparticle size on the microstructure of solder matrix, microhardness,
growth of solder/Cu interfacial intermetallic compounds (IMC) and shear strength were …

IMC morphology, interfacial reaction and joint reliability of Pb-free Sn–Ag–Cu solder on electrolytic Ni BGA substrate

JW Yoon, SW Kim, SB Jung - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2005 - Elsevier
The interfacial reaction, morphology of intermetallic compound (IMC) and shear strength
between the Sn–3.5 Ag–0.7 Cu (in wt.%) solder and Ni ball grid array (BGA) substrates …

Development of SnAg-based lead free solders in electronics packaging

L Zhang, C He, Y Guo, J Han, Y Zhang… - Microelectronics …, 2012 - Elsevier
Lead free solder alloys for electronic assembly is being driven by environmental and health
concerns regarding toxicity of lead and, more importantly, by the perceived economic …

Effect of the size of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) on the microstructure and mechanical strength of CNTs-doped composite Sn0. 3Ag0. 7Cu-CNTs solder

Z Zhu, YC Chan, Z Chen, CL Gan, F Wu - Materials Science and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with three different diameter ranges (10–20, 40–60, and 60–100
nm) were doped into tin-silver-copper (SAC) solder, to study the performance of the …

Mechanical properties of Sn-58 wt% Bi solder containing Ag-decorated MWCNT with thermal aging tests

CJ Lee, KD Min, HJ Park, SB Jung - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2020 - Elsevier
The mechanical properties and microstructure of Sn-58 wt% Bi solder including various
levels of Ag-decorated MWCNTs (0, 0.05, 0.1, and 0.2 wt%) were investigated for use in …

Evolutions of the interface and shear strength between SnAgCu–xNi solder and Cu substrate during isothermal aging at 150 C

P Liu, P Yao, J Liu - Journal of alloys and compounds, 2009 - Elsevier
The interfacial evolution and shear strength of Sn3. 8Ag0. 7Cu–xNi composite solders on
organic solderability preservative (OSP) finished pad were investigated at a temperature of …

Influence of palladium thickness on the soldering reactions between Sn-3Ag-0.5 Cu and Au/Pd (P)/Ni (P) surface finish

WH Wu, CS Lin, SH Huang, CE Ho - Journal of electronic materials, 2010 - Springer
This study provides a comparison of the influence of Pd (P) thickness on reactions during
soldering with the Sn-3Ag-0.5 Cu alloy. Soldering was carried out in an infrared-enhanced …

Effect of iron and indium on IMC formation and mechanical properties of lead-free solder

H Fallahi, MS Nurulakmal, AF Arezodar… - Materials Science and …, 2012 - Elsevier
In recent years, because of environmental concerns, lead solders have been replaced by
lead-free solders. One of the numerous lead-free solders developed in the past several …