Journal of Electronic Materials

, Volume 43, Issue 7, pp 2479–2486 | Cite as

Study of Undercooling and Recalescence During Solidification of Sn62.5Pb36.5Ag1 and Sn96.5Ag3Cu0.5 Solders in Real Electronic Joints

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Abstract

Undercooling and recalescence were studied using the differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) method on real electronic systems. Two solder pastes, Sn62.5Pb36.5Ag1 and Sn96.5Ag3Cu0.5, were used for preparation of electronic joints. Various combinations of these solders and soldering pads with different surface finishes such as Cu, Cu-Ni-Au, Cu-Sn, and Cu-Sn99Cu1 were used. During melting of both pastes, the Sn and Sn99Cu1 surface finishes immediately dissolved in the solder and the Cu surface coating was exposed to the melt. Therefore, practically the same undercooling was found for the Cu, Cu-Sn, and Cu-Sn99Cu1 coatings. The lowest undercooling was found for the Cu-Ni-Au surface finish for both solder pastes. If two separated electronic joints were made on the sample, two separate peaks were found in the DSC signal during solidification. In the sample with only one joint, only one exothermic peak was found. These findings were observed for all paste/surface finish combinations. These data were analyzed, showing that this effect is a consequence of undercooling and recalescence: Latent heat released during solidification of the joint increases the surrounding temperature and influences all the processes taking place.

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Undercooling Sn-based solders recalescence DSC 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and PhysicsCharles UniversityPrague 2Czech Republic
  2. 2.Department of Electrotechnology, Faculty of Electrical EngineeringCzech Technical University in PraguePrague 6Czech Republic

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