Solders and Soldering: Materials, Design, Production, and Analysis for Reliable Bonding

Long-established as THE standard reference for engineers and technicians, this edition of Solders and Soldering is revised and updated to reflect new developments and contains everything an engineer or technician needs to know for manufacturing, quality control, design, and materials engineering applications. It includes the scientific background information needed to understand the physics of solder-bond formation, the chemistry of fluxes, and the metallurgy of solder, as well as the electrical and corrosion damage requiring cleaning. The book also classifies and discusses the materials--flux types, metal systems for solder, and cleaning agents.

The Leader for Over Three Decades

"...a recommended addition to the reference library of anyone involved in solders and soldering." -- Welding Journal, on the Second Edition

Now With New Miniaturization Processes, Environmental Solutions, Mechanical Soldering (including Robotics and Mass Production), and Safety Techniques

You can't do electronics (some some mechanical tasks) without soldering, and those who want to do it will choose this book. "When a book on soldering requires a third update for a current revision, it implies reader confidence, for which I am grateful," writes Howard Manko in his preface to this new Fourth Edition. Readers do indeed place deserved confidence in this classic on the science and technologies of Solders and Soldering, the field's leading reference for over 35 years.

Cutting-edge techniques and materials for printing circuit boards and electronic packaging, as well as hand processes

* The master reference on the principles, methods, and materials of soldering
* Covers core concepts and recent developments
* 19 processes for soldering and heating
* Lead-free solders and safety precautions
* Design advances
* New flux processes and products, with EPA and OSHA regulations
* New manufacturing procedures and equipment for mechanical and electrical/electronic applications
* Special quality-control and inspection methods developed by the author
* An unsurpassed teaching tool

This sourcebook can help you do any job involving Solders and Soldering--better, cheaper, and with less risk to the environment. It's a working tool that mechanical, electrical, electronic, manufacturing, and materials engineers, as well as quality control personnel and research scientists, will want to keep close at hand.