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Phase Equilibria of the Fe-Ni-Sn Ternary System at 270°C

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The Fe-42 wt.% Ni alloy, also known as a 42 invar alloy (Alloy 42), is used as a lead-frame material because its thermal expansion coefficient is much closer to Si substrate than Cu or Ni substrates. In order to enhance the wettability between the substrate and solder, the Sn layer was commonly electroplated onto the Alloy 42 surface. A clear understanding of the phase equilibria of the Fe-Ni-Sn ternary system is necessary to ensure solder-joint reliability between Sn and Fe-Ni alloys. To determine the isothermal section of the Fe-Ni-Sn ternary system at 270°C, 26 Fe-Ni-Sn alloys with different compositions were prepared. The experimental results confirmed the presence of the Fe3Ni and FeNi phases at 270°C. Meanwhile, it observed that the isothermal section of the Fe-Ni-Sn ternary system was composed of 11 single-phase regions, 19 two-phase regions and nine tie-triangles. Moreover, no ternary compounds were found in the Fe-Ni-Sn system at 270°C.

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The authors acknowledge financial support from the Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan, R.O.C. (Grant No. MOST 104-2628-E-011-001-MY3) and the Ministry of Education (MoE) Top University Projects. The author is also thankful for the help from Professor Chiapyng Lee.

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    Tzu-Ting Huang, Pei Yu Chen & Yee-Wen Yen

  2. Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, 10672, Taiwan, ROC

    Shih-Wei Lin

  3. Department of Chemical Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 402, Taiwan, ROC

    Chih-Ming Chen

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Huang, TT., Lin, SW., Chen, CM. et al. Phase Equilibria of the Fe-Ni-Sn Ternary System at 270°C. J. Electron. Mater. 45, 6208–6213 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-016-4787-8

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