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Abstract Owing to the harmful influence of lead and lead containing alloys on the environment and human health, many Pb-free solder-alloys have been developed to replace Sn-Pb solders in electronic applications. Among them the Sn-Ag-Cu alloys provide high microstructure stability and better mechanical properties than Sn–Pb solders. the present work, characterizations of the microstructure and mechanical behavior were conducted on three lead-free solder alloys with the compositions (wt. %) of Sn–3.0Ag–0.5Cu, Sn–3.0Ag–0.5Cu-0.5Ni and Sn–3.0Ag–0.5Cu- 1.0Ni. The study aimed to investigate the following features: 1- Studying microstructure using OM, SEM . 2- Investigating of the thermal properties using DSC analysis. 3- Investigating of the creep properties under different conditions. 4- Investigating of the tensile properties under different conditions. 5- Studying the effect of temperature and applied stresses |