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, ...

LONDON — The electronics division of precious metals company Cookson Group plc (London) has announced a surcharge on its Alpha brand of tin-bearing solder pastes, effective 30 days from customer ...

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 ...

The spacing between adjacent pads is too close to cause bridging, too far away will lead to false soldering. Unreasonable ...

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 ...

Tin prices have nearly doubled from a year ago and are on course for their biggest annual rise in over 30 years, stinging big users of the soldering agent such as electronics firms, utilities, solar ...

The most fundamental skill needed to assemble any electronic project is that of soldering. Basic soldering is a skill that's easy to learn and not too hard to master but misconceptions on the proper ...