I my opinion the photographs make it obviously clear that this is dendrite growth. The question concerning PCB surface finish really doesn't matter. The dendrites are growing from a SMOBC trace. What needs to be determined is the contamination necessary for the dendrite to grow on the PCB prior to application of solder mask or is the contamination coming from the solder assembly process and getting through the solder mask to the copper trace.
Regards,
George
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Hi Günter!
Got your pictures posted, they're here:
http://stevezeva.homestead.com/Dendrite_1.jpg
http://stevezeva.homestead.com/Dendrite_2.jpg
Steve
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I sent the to Steve.
Cheers
Günter
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>What happened to the pictures?
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>Victor,
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>Ah, Now I understand.
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>Conductive filaments can grow particularly conductive anodic filaments.
>I was thinking of a dendrite of copper not conductive filaments. I
>expect dendrites to be larger and of pure copper but you may get
>dendritic growth with a contaminate, in the presents of water and with
>an electrical potential.
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>Sorry for my misunderstanding.
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>From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Guy Ramsey
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>I agree. I have seen dendrites grow under solder mask from on conductor
>to another, and from a PTH to a conductor, under solder mask.
>
>If the residue were benign, until exposed to water, and the coating
>were to protect it from exposure, it could help.
>
>Still, I am skeptical, that it would reduce risk of failure. It would
>need to be a designed process, not a band aid.
>
>It might make things worse.
>
>Guy
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>From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Graham Naisbitt
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>Hi Neil
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>I stand by my earlier posting on this. Neither a solder resist nor a
>conformal coating will PREVENT dendrites, they might delay it for a
>while, but then what is lurking and festering underneath..just when you
>thought it was safe to go back in the water!?
>
>Graham Naisbitt
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>On 5 Jul 2012, at 19:50, Neil Atkinson wrote:
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>> Thanks everyone for comments so far - haven't been on Technet for a
>while
>so it was good to get such good responses.
>>
>> Really miss Werner for questions like this...
>>
>> Actually we have never seen a failure for dendrites; however, we have
>a
>customer who has a past problem with another supplier due to dendrites
>on PCBs and as a result wants us to cover vias with solder resist or
>conformal coating.
>>
>> Tha,
>>
>> Neil
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