SYMPOSIA PAPER Published: 01 January 1957
STP44118S

Proposed Numerical Evaluation System for Soft Solders, Solder Fluxes, and Solderability

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In the numerical evaluation system described in this paper, the nominal diameter of a sphere formed by a standardized solder specimen provides the zero per cent mark; the infinite thinness of the same solder mass spread as a film provides the 100 per cent mark, on a percentage scale. Intermediate values are determined by measurement of the height or thickness of the solder spots, obtained after melting, by means of a hand micrometer. The empirical spread-factor values thus obtained provide a simple, reproducible, visually significant numerical system. A general relationship to cos ϑ, where ϑ is the contact angle between liquid solder and solid base, is shown. Applications of this system for the evaluation of solders, fluxes, and metallic surfaces with respect to solderability are given.

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Pessel, L.
Components Div., Radio Corporation of America, Camden, N. J.
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Developed by Committee: B02
Pages: 159–174
DOI: 10.1520/STP44118S
ISBN-EB: 978-0-8031-5938-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-8031-6092-7