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Investigation of the effect of indium addition on wettability of Sn‐Ag‐Cu solders

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of In additions on the wetting properties of the Sn2.86Ag0.40Cu (in wt%) eutectic‐based alloys, on a copper substrate, in the presence of a flux. The main goal was to find correlations between the results of the wetting balance (WB) and the sessile drop (SD) method, in relation to the contact angles.Design/methodology/approach – The WB method was applied for the wetting measurements, at 250°C, in an air atmosphere and in the presence of a flux. The SD measurements were conducted at the same temperature, in the presence of the same flux, but in an Ar atmosphere, while the maximum bubble pressure (MBP) and dilatometric measurements were conducted in an Ar+H2 atmosphere. The density data from the dilatometric method were used for the determination of the surface tension by means of MBP, and the WB method was used to determine the surface and interfacial tension. Next, the surface tension data from these two methods were compared. The WB data...

Calorimetric Measurements of Liquid Al-Zn Alloys

ABSTRACT The integral molar enthalpies of mixing were determined by the drop calorimetric method for binary AL-Zn liquid solutions and compared with the Miedema model as well as the earlier experimental data. The measurements were conducted at two temperatures: 957 K and 1001 K (684 °C and 728 °C), in the entire concentration range. Based on the experimental calorimetric data of this study as well as those available in the literature and the results of the activity studies, the interaction parameters of the Redlich-Kister equation for the liquid Al-Zn phase were worked out with the use of the least square method. The partial and integral Gibbs energies, entropies and enthalpies were calculated and presented in tables and figures. Additionally, the concentration-concentration partial structure factors for the ideal and real Al-Zn solutions were calculated and graphically presented.