Of course it does. Like painting your house. You are pleased whole day until sunset, then you say 'what the &%¤ ' what's going on. You have got water molecules on the wall. All know. The comparison is not quite logical, but points at the fact that even very small amounts of contaminations can have a crucial impact in the INTERFACE. I'm not a chemist, others can describe the exchange of atoms and the importance of presence of zinc or lead or whatever. I thought that the various platings were homogenous i.e. the nickel layer is all nickel, the gold is all gold etc. until I read Safranec's books. Now I know that the final finish contains all sorts of metal atoms and organics from base to top. You can identify metal atoms from the copper all the the way and in all directions. This has a considerable impact on the bands of crystal buildup. A demo of TOFSIMS on some crossections gave me new eyes even if I did not understand half of the metallurgy behind. Key words were crystal structure, banded or lamellar growth, band thickness, intergrain 'cementing' adds, organic and inorganic contaminations. Wassink has far from the knowhow you need. I have two similar books, if you give me your adress I can send one to you. I do not need twins. 600 pages on deep level (not high level, because we speak baths) Inge PS. Another must-have book is 'TheCanning Handbook' all about surface finishes. !,100 pages. On 31 May 2013 21:18, Louis Hart <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > TechNetters, In concert with colleagues, I have been conducting > experiments to identify and assess the relative influence of some process > factors and parameters on the performance of printed circuit boards with > ENIG final finish in the J-STD-003B solder float test of S coupons. > > These experiments have led me to conclude, or at least suspect, that the > plated copper, on which the ENIG is deposited, has a highly significant > impact on performance in the solder float test. > > We have a DC copper plating line along with a Reverse Pulse copper plating > line. Experimental results show significant difference in solder float > testing between the lines. I had been looking at the book by Humpston and > Jacobsen, Principles of Soldering, after having spent some time with the > TechNet-referenced books by Manko and Klein-Wassink. > > Humpston and Jacobsen's book, in the 2nd of the two chapters I read so > far, appears to say plating technique can affect solderability. Maybe I'm > misinterpreting something, since I'm often reading these things around 11 > PM. > > Anyone in the TechNet world able to help me understand if and how DC > copper might solder differently from Reverse Pulse copper, after ENIG > deposition? > > Louis Hart > Compunetics > Monroeville, PA > USA > [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> > 412-858-1232 > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. > For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] > ______________________________________________________________________ > ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________