Transfer soldering evaluation. Final report

Technical Report · Fri May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1992

OSTI ID:10151291

Becka, G A

Transfer soldering is a hand-soldering technique used to complete printed wiring board (PWB) or wire-to-terminal joints. The technique consists of carrying enough molten solder on a soldering iron tip to fill the connection. This evaluation compares PWB solder joints made by transfer soldering to those made by the conventional technique (as defined in documents such as MIL-STD-2000). Physical and metallurgical properties were compared between the two techniques. Also the potential degradation from thermal cycling of joints made by the two techniques was compared. Results from these tests confirm that there is no difference in reliability between transfer-soldered joints and conventional hand-soldered joints. 5 refs.

• Research Organization: Allied-Signal Aerospace Co., Kansas City, MO (United States). Kansas City Div.
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00613
• OSTI ID: 10151291
• Report Number(s): KCP--613-4749; ON: DE92015160
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
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42 ENGINEERING
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COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
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ELECTRON DEVICES AND CIRCUITS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
GRAIN SIZE
JOINTS
MICROSTRUCTURE
PREPARATION AND FABRICATION
PRINTED CIRCUITS
PROGRESS REPORT
RELIABILITY
SOLDERING
TESTING
THERMAL CYCLING
TIN