Effect Of Adding Indium And Zinc Alloying Elements To Creep Behavior Of Sn-0.7cu Solder Alloy
For several years, Sn-0.7Cu solder has been used in electronic packaging industries to replace the Sn-Pb solder in order to reduce the negative impact of lead to the environment and human health. However, the relatively poor wettability and mechanical properties of Sn-Cu solder alloys has raised...
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| Format: | Monograph |
| Language: | English |
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
2017
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.usm.my/52435/ http://eprints.usm.my/52435/1/Effect%20Of%20Adding%20Indium%20And%20Zinc%20Alloying%20Elements%20To%20Creep%20Behavior%20Of%20Sn-0.7cu%20Solder%20Alloy_Tan%20Joo%20Kean_B1_2017.pdf |
| Summary: | For several years, Sn-0.7Cu solder has been used in electronic packaging industries
to replace the Sn-Pb solder in order to reduce the negative impact of lead to the
environment and human health. However, the relatively poor wettability and mechanical
properties of Sn-Cu solder alloys has raised reliability concern in the actual application.
Micro-alloying has been reported as one of the most effective approaches to improve the
properties of solders by minor additions of alloying elements to the alloy system. In this
project, 0.5 and 1.0 wt.% Zn had been added to the Sn-0.7Cu-1.0In base solder, and the
effect of alloying elements on thermal behaviour, solderability, microstructure and
intermetallic compounds (IMCs) observation, mechanical properties, and effect of
isothermal aging on shear strength have been studied. The best performing solder is one
with 0.5 wt.% Zn solder. The wettability, hardness, reflowed and aged shear strength were
found to be highest amongst the solder samples. The melting temperature of solder
increased with the amount of Zn content. However, the pasty range and thickness of IMC
layer decreased with increasing of Zn. From SEM observation, In and Zn have been
observed to dope into the Cu6Sn5 forming Cu6(Sn,Zn)5 and Cu6(Sn,In)5. Besides,
formation of Cu-Zn compound became favourable when 1.0 wt% Zn is added. For creep
test, Sn-0.7Cu-1.0In-1.0Zn has the highest creep resistance among the sample due to the
presence of Zn-rich second phase particles which effectively impeding the dislocation
movement. |
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