Reference Documents

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B Mason No-clean Flux Appraisal - The Total Process Approach - 'The Worlds First OE study' 135-gec-meters-sir-1994.pdf809.22 KB
M Routley Process Control of Ionic Contamination Achieving 6-Sigma Criteria in The Assembly of Electronic Circuits paper-mark-eckold-routley.pdf851.35 KB
Feng Li Comparative study of tripropylamine and naphthylamine as additives in wave solder flux: investigation of solderability and corrosion effects ecm-oe-and-modern-fluxes.pdf3.89 MB
C Hunt A Gage Study of an Intercomparison Evaluation to Implement the Use of Fine-Pitch Test Patterns for Surface Insulation Resistance (SIR) Testing of Solder Fluxes gage-r-r-hunt.pdf1.03 MB

NPL Reports

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CMMT (A) 119 The Impact of Temperature and Humidity Conditions on Surface Insulation Resistance (SIR) Values for Various Fluxes cmmt119-sir-flux.pdf550.46 KB
CMMT (A) 122 Instructions for an Intercomparison of the Surface Insulation Resistance (SIR) Technique cmmt122-sir.pdf117.95 KB
CMMT (A) 222 The Effect of Test Voltage, Test Pattern and Board Finish on Surface Insulation Resistance (SIR) Measurements for Various Fluxes cmmt222-sir-voltage.pdf1.36 MB
CMMT (A) 235 Development of a New Surface Insulation Resistance (SIR) Test Method cmmt235-sir-new-test-method-1999.pdf1.58 MB
CMMT (A) 300 Validation of a New Surface Insulation Resistance (SIR) Test Method cmmt300-sir-basis-2637.pdf1.87 MB
CMMT (A) 48 Surface Insulation Resistance Measurements: A Review of the Various SIR Parameters cmmt48-sir-1996.pdf333.02 KB
CMMT 107 Evaluation of the effect of Ageing on the Cleanability of Solder Flux Residues for Spacecraft Electronic Assemblies cmmt107.pdf203.1 KB
MAT 15 Electrochemical Impedance Technique to Predict Circuit Reliability with Lead-free Solders mat15-sir-v-eimpedence.pdf2 MB
MATC (A) 121 Test Procedure for Process Validation using Surface Insulation Resistance matc121-sir-process-tb57.pdf593.71 KB
MATC (A) 70 Development of Surface Insulation Resistance Measurements for Electronic Assemblies matc70-sir-eu-project-background.pdf484.12 KB

IVF Reports

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93803 Evaluation of the Capability of Conformal Coatings to Prevent Degradation of Printed Circuit Assemblies in Harsh Environments ivf-report-93803.pdf5.67 MB
93810 Evaluation of the Compatibilty of Solder Masks and Conformal Coatings ivf-report-93810.pdf3.85 MB
93811 Evaluation of the Influence of Flux Residues on the Reliability of Conformally Coated PCB Assemblies ivf-report-93811.pdf5.92 MB
96807 Evaluation of the Capability of Conformal Coatings to Prevent Degradation of Printed Circuit Assemblies in Harsh Environments - Part 2 ivf-report-96807.pdf8 MB
96808 Evaluation of the Effect of Various Combinations of Solder Masks and Flux Residues on the Reliability of Conformal Coated Circuit Assemblies ivf-report-96808.pdf8.62 MB
96809 Influence of Application Method on the Reliability of Conformal Coated Circuit Assemblie ivf-report-96809.pdf6.49 MB
96846 Evaluation of Test Methods and the Impact of Contamination from Production Processes on the Reliability of Printed Circuit Board Assemblies - Part 3 ivf-report-96846-part-3.pdf6.31 MB
96846 Evaluation of Test Methods and the Impact of Contamination from Production Processes on the Reliability of Printed Circuit Board Assemblies - Part 2 ivf-report-96846-part-2.pdf7.6 MB