My company is qualifying an adhesive film to be used in
bonding a PC board to a metal plate. As the film is silicon based, our customer
is worried about outgassing. The adhesive vendor has agreed to have tests
run (at no cost to us), but we need to supply the requirements.
By the way, this is not a space application. The equipment that this bonded board will be used in needs to operate
from -40C to +85C.
My questions are:
1. Under what conditions is outgassing a concern?
2. Is condensation and leaching a concern at lower
temperatures?
3. Are there any flammable vapors that we need to be concerned
about? Or any environmental or health hazards, either during assembly or during
operation?
4. In addition to corrosive effects, are there any concerns
about degradation of the electrical characteristics due to contamination of the
boards?
5. What specific compounds cause these
problems?
6. Is there an industry standard for spec limits under these
conditions?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Sue Hedrick