Tin Pest in Sn-0.5Cu Lead-Free Solder Alloys: A Chemical Analysis of Trace Elements

Monika Leodolter-Dvorak; Ilse Steffan; William J. Plumbridge; Herbert Ipser

doi:10.1007/s11664-009-0958-1

Tin Pest in Sn-0.5Cu Lead-Free Solder Alloys: A Chemical Analysis of Trace Elements

Monika Leodolter-Dvorak, Ilse Steffan, William J. Plumbridge, Herbert Ipser (Corresponding author)

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Abstract

Two samples of Sn-0.5Cu solder alloys, stored at -18°C for 7 years, were chemically analyzed by an inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectroscopy method. One of the samples was unaffected by this exposure; the other one had completely transformed into brittle ?-Sn. Ten elements were found to exhibit statistically significant differences in their concentrations between the two samples, with the higher always associated with the untransformed sample. The highest concentrations were found for elements with an appreciable solubility in Sn, i.e., Bi, In, Pb, and Sb.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	105-108
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Electronic Materials
Volume	39
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-009-0958-1
Publication status	Published - 2010

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

104003 Inorganic chemistry
104011 Materials chemistry

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