Emil Otto is aiming at joining steel, stainless steel, brass and copper objects below 450°C with three tin-based soft-soldering pastes. “The soldering and tinning pastes do not require zinc chloride, ...

The electronics industry has been undergoing dramatic change as a result of environmental concerns over the use of lead (Pb) in component finishes. The availability of alternative platings is limited ...

We covered many of [Jason Rollette]’s personal projects in the past and are happy to welcome him as our newest Hack-A-Day contributor. The electronics industry has shifted to lead free compliance, but ...

For most of the history of industrial electronics, solder has been pretty boring. Mix some lead with a little tin, figure out how to wrap it around a thread of rosin, and that’s pretty much it. Sure, ...

The processes of brazing, soldering, and welding are often miscategorized as all being welding. In the process of welding, both the edge of the base metal and the filler metal are melted. During ...

LONDON — Indium Corp. (Utica, New York) has announced it is adding a surcharge to the price of its silver- and tin-containing solder paste products, with immediate effect. Indium did not explicitly ...