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>At 10:31 AM 5/22/96 CDT, "Tippit, Jack" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>We have instances where tin/lead coated pins are inserted into gold plated
>>sockets, etc. Components even have gold/tin-lead or gold/tin interfaces,
>>such as an IC socket with a gold contact with a tin sleeve. Mil-Std-889B
>>indicates gold as being incompatable with tin or tin/lead. Has anyone
>>looked into this issue and is there a potential for corrosion formation and
>>associated problems? Again, I just refereing to mechanical contact ( not
>>soldering ).
>We definitively traced our PGA/DIP problems to fretting corrosion and most
>likely our PLCC problems also were fretting. Fretting corrosion of
>tin/tin-lead contact interfaces occur best under low level vibration
>conditions, such as vibration generated by cooling fans. Under vibration,
>micro-movement of the contact interface occurs. Every time the contact
>moves, fresh tin is exposed. This exposed tin oxidizes so when the contact
>wipes back again some of the oxides get trapped at the contact interface.
>When enough of the oxide builds up, the contact resistance increases. If
>the fretting is severe enough, the oxide breaks all electrical contact and
>an open connection occurs. Reseating the socketed component temporarily
>fixes the problem.
I was hoping someone else would mention fretting corrosion with respect to
mating tin-lead to gold. Rudy Schubert at Bellcore has written several paper
on his studies of fretting corrosion, and gold/tin-lead contacts are not as
reliable as gold/gold and tin-lead/tin-lead contacts.
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