structure and properties of sn-9zn lead-free solder alloy with heat treatment结构和性能与热处理sn-9zn无铅焊料合金.pdf

Engineering, 2010, 2, 172-178 doi:10.4236/eng.2010.23024 Published Online March 2010 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/eng/) Structure and Properties of Sn-9Zn Lead-Free Solder Alloy with Heat Treatment 1 2 2, 3 1 1 Mahmoud Hammam , Fardos Saad Allah , El Said Gouda , Yaser El Gendy , Heba Abdel Aziz 1Physics Department, Helwan University, Helwan, Egypt 2Metal Physics Lab., Department of Solid State Physics, National Research Center, Dokki, Egypt 3Physics department, Jazan University, Jazan, KSA Email: gouda.el73@ Received November 20, 2009; revised December 17, 2009; accepted December 22, 2009 Abstract The Sn-9Zn lead-free solder alloy was prepared by conventional casting technique then cold-rolled into long sheets of 1 mm thickness and 3 mm width. It was annealed at 80, 120 and 160°C for 60 min to investigate the effect of isochronal heat treatment on structure and mechanical properties of the cold rolled Sn-9Zn alloy. The results showed that, the crystallite size and lattice strain have opposite behavior with increasing anneal- ing temperature due to recovery and recrystalization processes associated with the heat treatment process. Vickers micro-hardness number increases continuously from 155 to 180 MPa with increasing annealing temperature. Ultimate tensile strength (UTS) was also calculated. It was found that, it is equal to 61.4 MPa for the non annealed sample and slightly decreases to 60.5 and 58.2 MPa for samples annealed at 80 and 120°C, respectively. While, increases to 65.4 MPa for the sample annealed at 160°C. Also, ductility increases with increasing annealin