Solder/substrate interfacial thermal conductance and wetting angles of Bi–Ag solder alloys

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Bismarck Luiz
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Outros Autores: Bertelli, Felipe, Canté, Manuel Venceslau, Spinelli, José Eduardo, Cheung, Noé, Garcia, Amauri
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFRN
• Texto Completo: https://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/31883
• topic: Contact Angle; Heat Transfer Coefficient; Solder Alloy; Directionally Solidify; Volumetric Expansion

Bi–Ag lead-free alloys are considered interesting alternatives to Pb-based traditional solders due to compatible melting point and strength. During soldering, the ability of a liquid alloy to flow or spread over the substrate is crucial for the formation of a metallic bond driven by the physicochemical properties of the liquid solder/solid substrate system. In addition, the wettability is intimately associated with the solder/substrate thermal conductance represented by a heat transfer coefficient, hi. In this work, three Bi–Ag alloys (hypoeutectic—1.5 wt%Ag, eutectic—2.5 wt%Ag and hypereutectic—4.0 wt%Ag) were directionally solidified under upward unsteady state heat flow conditions. Both time-dependent hi profiles and wetting behavior represented by contact angles (θ) were determined for the three alloys examined. The dependence of θ on the alloy Ag content is assessed experimentally. Also, thermal readings collected during directional solidification of the Bi 1.5, 2.5 and 4.0 wt% Ag alloys are used with a view to permitting hi versus time (t) profiles to be computed. It is shown that along a first solidification stage (t < 16 s) the hi values followed the trend experimentally observed by the contact angles for the three alloys examined, while for t > 16 s the volumetric expansion of the Bi-rich phase is shown to have a dominant role inducing a sudden increase in hi. For each alloy a couple of time-dependent hi expressions is needed to represent the entire solidification progress