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Lead-Free Soldering

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  • © 2007

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Editors:
  1. Jasbir Bath

    1. Solectron Corporation, Milpitas, USA

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  • Contains practical knowledge of lead-free soldering subjects which are difficult to interpret and review from other sources
  • Contains the latest information on proposed changes to lead-free standards that are being implemented by the authors
  • Contains the latest information on government and legislative activities and regulations in North America, Europe and Asia
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Lead Restrictions and Other Regulatory Influences on the Electronics Industry

    • Jennifer Shepherd
    Pages 5-19

  3. Fundamental Properties of Pb-Free Solder Alloys

    • Carol Handwerker, Ursula Kattner, Kil-Won Moon
    Pages 21-74

  4. Lead-Free Surface Mount Assembly

    • Sundar Sethuraman
    Pages 75-90

  5. Lead-Free Wave Soldering

    • Christiane Faure, Jasbir Bath
    Pages 91-116

  6. Lead-Free Rework

    • Jasbir Bath
    Pages 117-143

  7. Lead-Free Solder Joint Reliability

    • Jean-Paul Clech
    Pages 145-172

  8. Backward and Forward Compatibility

    • Jianbiao Pan, Jasbir Bath, Xiang Zhou, Dennis Willie
    Pages 173-197

  9. PCB Laminates

    • Karl Sauter Sr
    Pages 199-220

  10. Lead-Free Board Surface Finishes

    • Hugh Roberts, Kuldip Johal
    Pages 221-269

  11. Lead-Free Soldering Standards

    • Jasbir Bath
    Pages 271-284

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 287-299
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About this book

The past few years have seen major developments in soldering materials and processes for electronics assembly manufacture due to the movement from tin-lead to lead-free soldering. The removal of lead from electronics solders due to environmental considerations first developed with proposed US legislation in the early 1990s. At that time, the alternatives had not been fully explored, so a ban on the use of lead in electronic solders was put on hold. However the seed was sown for development with various projects initiated during the 1990s in Europe, the Americas, and Asia. Based on government pressures, Japan OEMs began to move to lead-free solder products from 1998 and this, combined with the European Union ROHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) legislation enacted in 2006, drove the global manufacture of electronics consumer products with le- free solders. From 1998 to the present, the development of lead-free solder materials and processes has progressed to such an extent that development work moving forward will typically only concentrate on lead-free solders and components rather than tin-lead solders and components. This book aims to give the latest information on development of the lead-free soldering materials and processes and identify where more work is needed. The chapters of the book describe legislation, alloys, reflow, wave, rework, reliability, backward and forward process compatibility, PCB surface finishes and PCB laminates, and standards affecting the general lead-free soldering arena.

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"Jasber Bath has gathered together a good mixture of industry and academic authors to cover each step in the path to RoHS compliance. … it is fairly obvious that the main focus on the book is manufacturing and the impact of lead-free technology. It is fairly easy to read so very suitable for engineers and non technical staff to get a balanced overview or the real hands on story." (Bob Willis, Electronics Production World, August, 2007)

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  • Solectron Corporation, Milpitas, USA

    Jasbir Bath

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