Guest
Why ? I know it is for their proprietary (probably) ceramic connector strips. They indicate you can get by with regular solder once or twice but too much and it breaks the bond.
So does that mean that this solder can bond right to ceramic ? I think that is a neat trick if that is how it is. Is that the reason for the silver ?
If so, or even off base and needing correction...just what properties are so special ? Does the silver make it less eutectic ? Or possibly MORE eutectic ? Is it the thermal mass, conductivity or expansion coefficient ?
I figured it would be a better idea to ask here than in SER because you guys have a more rounded education and are more familiar with process.
Another thing is I would like to obtain such connectors for my project. Extreme high end audio with massive currents, I would rather hardwire it than use PC boards, do they make 40 oz. copper boards ? Right now I figure my best bet is to use the normal ones that have been around forever but to take and bed the top of each one over so the hole becomes a slot. I DO NOT want the lead wrapped all around there making it a PITA to change. It also makes radiation, capacitance and inductance less predictable. That is obviously one of the reasons Tektronix used it.
We all know that silver has the lowest room temperature resistance, unless they came out with a new superconductor they haven't told me about. But can 2% of it make much difference electrically ?
And then there is the question, is it really now just Pb62/Sn36/Ag2 for example ? Or is there other things in it ? They never said there weren't. One thing I learned is never to assume anything they don't say. I mean to the point if you see a box in the store that says TV, make sure it says COLOR TV. Like "This phone doesn't have that", "Why didn't you tell me ?", "You didn't ask". So even with that mini-ISB don't assume it can give you a rim job...
So maybe there is more in that solder ? Too bad Jim Yanik isn't around, he would have the answer in 38 millisecods...
So does that mean that this solder can bond right to ceramic ? I think that is a neat trick if that is how it is. Is that the reason for the silver ?
If so, or even off base and needing correction...just what properties are so special ? Does the silver make it less eutectic ? Or possibly MORE eutectic ? Is it the thermal mass, conductivity or expansion coefficient ?
I figured it would be a better idea to ask here than in SER because you guys have a more rounded education and are more familiar with process.
Another thing is I would like to obtain such connectors for my project. Extreme high end audio with massive currents, I would rather hardwire it than use PC boards, do they make 40 oz. copper boards ? Right now I figure my best bet is to use the normal ones that have been around forever but to take and bed the top of each one over so the hole becomes a slot. I DO NOT want the lead wrapped all around there making it a PITA to change. It also makes radiation, capacitance and inductance less predictable. That is obviously one of the reasons Tektronix used it.
We all know that silver has the lowest room temperature resistance, unless they came out with a new superconductor they haven't told me about. But can 2% of it make much difference electrically ?
And then there is the question, is it really now just Pb62/Sn36/Ag2 for example ? Or is there other things in it ? They never said there weren't. One thing I learned is never to assume anything they don't say. I mean to the point if you see a box in the store that says TV, make sure it says COLOR TV. Like "This phone doesn't have that", "Why didn't you tell me ?", "You didn't ask". So even with that mini-ISB don't assume it can give you a rim job...
So maybe there is more in that solder ? Too bad Jim Yanik isn't around, he would have the answer in 38 millisecods...