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>I have a question about reflow soldering to gold with 2% silver paste.
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>I heard some folk lore at our company about using 2% silver solder paste
>on gold plated lands. The legend states that 62/36/2 paste on gold has
>long term reliability implications, these joints being subject to
>dendritic growth to a greater degree than 63/37 solder to gold.
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>If anyone is aware of published data on this subject, I would be very
>grateful if you would give me the references so I may review the
>information.
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>Also, if anyone is using silver solder on gold at this time, I would be
>interested in hearing about your experience.
>
I think this has more to do with Ag in the solder than the Au lands.
Ag is known to be a bad electromigrator because of the low activation
energy for Ag dissolution/redeposition reactions and the soluability of
Ag-organic acid salts. Krumbien's review on electromigration discusses
this in general, though it doesn't discuss 62/36/2 specifically.
However, we at Alpha Metals frequently run electromigration tests for
pastes with 62/36/2 as well 63/37 powder to ensure reliability with
both alloys.
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