A Blog on Solder Flux Types
Types of Flux For many applications, the flux included in the core of the solder wire is sufficient. However, there are several applications where additional flux is extremely beneficial, such as wire tinning surface mount soldering and de-soldering. In all cases, the best flux to use is the least acidic (least aggressive) flux that will […]
A Soldering Terminology Guide
If you want to pick up the lingo of the soldering community and impress your colleagues by throwing in a couple to technical terms then this Soldering Terminology Guide is just for you. The following is a simple list of common terms and what they mean: Alloy A uniform mixture of two or more materials. […]
How does NASA do it? a window into NASA Quality
Last week I set you a little test on your soldering skills and, on the same subject, have you ever wondered what NASA recommend for standards of soldering techniques? Well wonder no more here is a document on the NASA website on soldering electrical connections. As you can imagine it’s very detailed and fairly identical to the […]
