effect of antimony additions on corrosion and mechanical properties of sn-bi eutectic lead-free solder alloy添加锑对腐蚀的影响和sn-bi共晶无铅焊料合金的力学性能.pdfVIP

Materials Sciences and Applications, 2012, 3, 355-362 355 /10.4236/msa.2012.36051 Published Online June 2012 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/msa) Effect of Antimony Additions on Corrosion and Mechanical Properties of Sn-Bi Eutectic Lead-Free Solder Alloy * Alberto Torres, Luis Hernández, Octavio Domínguez Instituto de Metalurgia-UASLP, San Luis Potosí, México. * Email: nanochemmex@ Received February 29th, 2012; revised March 28th, 2012; accepted April 27th, 2012 ABSTRACT The goal of the present work is to investigate the effects of the addition of Sb (0, 3 and 6 wt%) on structure, melting, corrosion and mechanical properties of Sn-Bi eutectic solder alloys. The mechanical properties of the bulk Sn-Bi-Sb solders were higher as the amount of antimony increases, making compressive strength augment from 65 MPa to 100 MPa when 6 wt% Sb was incorporated to the Sn-Bi eutectic alloy. The three alloys presented a melting temperature that is smaller to the one exhibited by the eutectic alloy Sn-38Pb (Tm = 183˚C). According to the electrochemical results, the addition of higher contents of Sb to the Sn-Bi eutectic alloy had a positive effect: it ennobled the Ecorr values. Keywords: Lead Free Solder Alloys; Sn-Bi-Sb; Mechanical Properties; Corrosion Properties 1. Introduction solders [8-10]. Moreover, the properties of these Sn-Bi-Sb lead-free alloys in corrosive environments have not been Due to the toxicity and harmful environmental effect of reported, and most of the fluxes are chloride or fluoride Pb present in tin solders, legislation trend to reduce or