Soldering contaminated leads?

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I have seen an increase in components with contaminated lead... - Oct 05, 2010 by John

Have you tried switching to a more aggressive flux, like a w... - Oct 08, 2010 by rdoss

Baking of the component helps it depends on the type of cont... - Oct 12, 2010 by Mark

John

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Soldering contaminated leads? | 5 October, 2010

I have seen an increase in components with contaminated leads, mostly SMT parts. They give us solder wetting problems and insufficient solder joints. Our practice is to not use them and return them to the manufacturer. Are these parts solderable? Are there some preperation steps (cleaning, tinning) I can do to known contaminated parts to make them solderable? I am using RMA flux. Any help would be appreciated.

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John

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Soldering contaminated leads? | 5 October, 2010

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John

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Soldering contaminated leads? | 5 October, 2010

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rdoss

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Soldering contaminated leads? | 8 October, 2010

Have you tried switching to a more aggressive flux, like a water soluble, or is that not a possibility?

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Mark

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Soldering contaminated leads? | 12 October, 2010

Baking of the component helps it depends on the type of contamination and how much contamination. It sounds like your purchasing is buying from brokers.

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