Any recommendation on the dye to use?
* Magnaflux [3624 West Lake Ave Glenview, Illinois 60025 847-657-5300 Fax 5388] Spotcheck Red Dye is a good general purpose dye for visual work. They also sell fluorescent dyes.
* Other dye penetrant suppliers are:
- Trikon Technologies 3375 Griffith St, St. Laurent Qc. (Canada) H4T 1W5 http://www.trikontech.com
- Sherwin 5530 Borwick Ave Southgate, CA 90280 (562) 861-6324 FAX (562) 923-8370 http://www.sherwininc.com/

"Reliability Of Ball Grid Array Packages In An Automotive Environment" Per-Erik Tegehall, Proc. Surface Mount International, 1997, pp. 85-92 analyzed ball cracking in BGA packages with dye penetrant methods.

Dave Fish

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From: [log in to unmask]>Francis Sun
To: [log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 11:25 AM
Subject: [TN] Source for color dye to test BGA solder joints

Hello,
 
Anyone out there know when I can get hold of color dye used to test for BGA connectivity?
Any help would be appreciated.
TIA

Francis Sun
MARK IV Industries 
(905) 624-3025 ext. 1235
Fax: (905) 624-4572
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