Dan,
Electroplated copper is used to manufacture the circuit boards, and
electroplating an alloy, to the best of my knowledge, is not a practical
process. I'm not familiar with the properties of alloy 752, but suspect
that there might be other issues.
Before
you bring up solder plating, remember that it's electroplated tin and lead
grains until they are fused into an alloy.
Don
Vischulis
I'm hoping some tech-net metallurgist/alchemist or
other wizardly type can help me with this.
I had a stray thought this weekend and can't seem
to find the flaw in my logic.
Here is how the thought process went;
-Copper oxidizes and must be coated to maintain
solderability.
-Certain copper alloy's remain solderable even
after long term storage and exposure to hand oils etc. (i.e.;alloy
752)
-Why isn't a corrosion
resistant alloy used in the manufacture of PCB's?
I know the electrical resistance is higher for
alloy's but it seems this could be compensated for the same as trace resistance
is now, just get a new set of numbers.
What am I missing, this is really driving me nuts.
Dan
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