http://iweb.tms.org/PbF/JOM-0212-45.pdf On Sep 19, 2014, at 9:54 AM, Vladimir Igoshev wrote: > Thank you Dave. That's exactly what I thought. > > Regards, > > Vladimir > > Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Rogers network. > Original Message > From: David Hillman > Sent: Friday, September 19, 2014 9:50 AM > To: TechNet E-Mail Forum; Vladimir Igoshev > Subject: Re: [TN] Au embrittlement > > Hi Vlad - yes, any Sn based solder would be susceptible to gold > embrittlement since the other major element constituents don't > specifically participate in the SnAu intermetallic (IMC) reaction. > The other elements may inhibit the reaction by being a "more > favored" IMC - the presence of copper has been shown to do this. > Take a look at Julie Silk's papers at SMTAI 2013 and the paper at > SMTAI 2014 in a couple weeks for additional details. > > Dave > > On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 8:17 AM, Vladimir Igoshev > <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I'm trying to find information on whether Sn-Bi based solders are > susceptible to Au embrittlement in a similar way as Sn and Sn-Pb- > based solders do. > > I don't see why they wouldn't but need some confirmation. > > As always, thank you very much in advance for constructive answers. > > Regards, > > Vladimir > > Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Rogers network. > > ______________________________________________________________________ > 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] > ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 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] ______________________________________________________________________