Low cycle fatigue behavior of a eutectic 80Au/20Sn solder alloy

The eutectic 80Au/20Sn solder alloy is widely used in high power electronics and optoelectronics packaging. In this study, low cycle fatigue behavior of a eutectic 80Au/20Sn solder alloy is reported. The 80Au/20Sn solder shows a quasi-static fracture characteristic at high strain rates, and then gradually transforms from a transgranular fracture (dominated by fatigue damage) to intergranular fracture (dominated by creep damage) at low strain rates with increasing temperature. Coffin-Manson and Morrow models are proposed to evaluate the low cycle fatigue behavior of the 80Au/20Sn solder. Besides, the 80Au/20Sn solder has enhanced fatigue resistance compared to the 63Sn/37Pb solder.     

高可靠镀Ni／Au工艺及其在微波PTFE电路上的应用

介绍了高可靠电镀Ｎｉ／Ａｕ工艺在ＰＴＦＥ微波印制电路上的应用，并分析了氨基磺酸盐镀软镍和亚硫酸盐镀软金工艺的影响因素及提高Ｎｉ／Ａｕ镀层之间附着力的措施。通过实验及应用证明了与直接镀金工艺相比，在软基材ＰＴＦＥ敷铜箔板上镀Ｎｉ／Ａｕ工艺能大大提高微波电路的可焊性，高温稳定性和长期可靠性，并且用其所制作的微波器件的高频性能也优于直接镀金工业。     

Kinetics of AuSn4 migration in lead-free solders

The relatively fast diffusion of Au atoms in eutectic PbSn matrix is considered one of the contributing factors to the Au embrittlement problem. In this study, we further investigated the Au embrittlement problem in high-Sn solders. Experimentally, Sn3.5Ag (wt.%) spheres with 500-μm diameter were soldered over the Au/Ni soldering pads. It was found that some of the AuSn₄ needles that formed after reflow inside the solder migrated back to the solder/pad interface during thermal aging. However, the migration kinetics in high-Sn solders was slower compared to that in eutectic PbSn. The difference in migration kinetics of AuSn₄ in eutectic PbSn and SnAg was ascribed to the difference in the magnitudes of the Au flux and the Ni flux. In eutectic PbSn, the Au flux was much greater than that of the Ni flux, and the Au and Ni flux were in the same order of magnitude in eutectic SnAg. The relative magnitude of the Au and Ni flux changed in eutectic PbSn and SnAg because the homologous temperatures of PbSn and SnAg were different.     

SFG and DFG investigation of Au(111), Au(210), polycrystalline Au,Au–Cu and Au–Ag–Cu electrodes in contact with aqueous solutions containing KCN and 4-cyanopyridine

We report on potential-dependent in situ SFG and DFG spectroscopy carried out at Au(111), Au(210), polycrystalline Au, Au–Cu and Au–Ag–Cu electrodes in contact with aqueous solutions containing CN⁻ and 4-cyanopyridine (4CP). Spectroelectrochemical work was complemented by cyclic voltammetry. The chief stress has been placed on systematising and quantifying the interaction between 4CP and CN⁻ and the attending effects on the vibrational and electronic structures of the interface. The voltammetric behaviour of the investigated electrodes, modified by the addition of 4CP to the CN⁻ electrolyte, denote changes in the CN⁻ adsorption characteristics and effects of the adsorbed CN⁻ layer on the electrodic reactivity of 4CP. The differences among the investigated electrodes can be explained in terms of their respective degrees of atomic packing or with alloying effects on the stability of adsorbed CN⁻. The potential-dependent spectra have been analysed quantitatively with a model for the second order non linear susceptibility accounting for vibrational and electronic effects. The spectral changes induced by addition of 4CP denote interaction of the aromatic with the electrode through the CN⁻ monolayer. The non-resonant contribution yields information on the effects of 4CP on the fine structure of the bound electron density of states.     

贵金属Cu、Ag、Au的电子结构和物理性质

由纯金属单原子理论(OA)确定了面心立方结构(FCC)贵金属Cu、Ag、Au的电子结构依次为[Ar](3dn)5.58(3dc)4.21(4sc)0.23(4sf)0.98、[Kr](4dn)4.87(4dc)4.56(5sc)0.66(5sf)0.91、[Xe](5dn)4.20(5dc)4.90(6sc)1.57(6sf)0.33,并确定了Cu、Ag、Au的密排六方结构(HCP)和体心立方结构(BCC)两种初态特征晶体和初态液体的电子结构。根据自然态的电子结构定性解释了熔点、拉伸强度、维氏硬度、体弹性模量、电导和热导率物理性质差异与电子结构的关系,定量计算了晶格常数、结合能、势能曲线及线热膨胀系数随温度的变化。根据非自然态的电子结构,定性解释了晶体结构BCC和HCP的关系。     

Characterization and Catalytic Properties of Combustion Synthesized Au/CeO2 Catalyst

Ceria-supported Au catalyst has been synthesized by the solution combustion method for the first time and characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Au is dispersed as Au⁰ as well as Au³⁺ states on CeO₂ surface of 20-30 nm crystallites. On heating the as-prepared 1% Au/CeO₂ in air, the concentration of Au³⁺ ions on CeO₂ increases at the expense of Au⁰. Catalytic activities for CO and hydrocarbon oxidation and NO reduction over the as-prepared and the heat-treated 1% Au/CeO₂ have been carried out using a temperature-programmed reaction technique in a packed bed tubular reactor. The results are compared with nano-sized Au metal particles dispersed on -Al₂O₂ substrate prepared by the same method. All the reactions over heat-treated Au/CeO₂ occur at lower temperature in comparison with the as-prepared Au/CeO₂ and Au/Al₂O₂. The rate of NO + CO reaction over as-prepared and heat-treated 1% Au/CeO₂ are 28.3 and 54.0 mol g^-1 s^-1 at 250 and 300 °C respectively. Activation energy (E _a) values are 106 and 90 kJ mol^-1 for CO + O₂ reaction respectively over as-prepared and heat-treated 1% Au/CeO₂ respectively.     

Hydrogen evolution during the oxidation of formaldehyde on Au:: The influence of single crystal structure and Tl-upd

Hydrogen evolution during formaldehyde oxidation in alkaline solution has been monitored by Differential Electrochemical Mass Spectrometry on Au(111) and polycrystalline gold. The current efficiency for hydrogen evolution increases with higher concentration and is in the same range on both, polycrystalline Au and Au(111) electrode. The onset potentials and half-wave potentials are higher on Au(111). Reaction orders for the faradaic current on the bare gold electrodes have been determined as 0.21 for higher and 0.76 for lower concentrations. Reaction orders for hydrogen evolution during formaldehyde oxidation are 1.4 times higher in each case. Tafel slopes in the range of 140-160 mV are found. This signifies that the first reaction step involving the formation of adsorbed hydrogen is largely determining the overall reaction rate. In the presence of thallium adlayers hydrogen evolution from formaldehyde oxidation is largely suppressed. On the thallium modified polycrystalline Au, formaldehyde oxidation is shifted for 100 mV to higher potentials where Tl is partially desorbed and hydroxide is coadsorbed on the modified surface. On thallium modified Au(111), a similar process takes place, but in the same potential region as the onset of formaldehyde oxidation on the bare surface and therefore the formaldehyde oxidation is only slightly shifted. Tafel slopes are decreased to 80 mV/dec in the presence of thallium. In the presence of adsorbed thallium, the first reaction step is in equilibrium, the coverage with adsorbed hydrogen is smaller and its recombination to H₂ is largely suppressed.     

Alternative view of anodic surface oxidation of noble metals

The idea of underpotential oxidation of water, taking place on the surface of noble metals in the range of potentials preceding molecular oxygen evolution, is more than 40-years old. Chemisorbed oxygen atom—O_chem is considered to be the main intermediate in the underpotential oxidation of H₂O, leading eventually to chemical oxidation of noble metals and formation of anhydrous surface oxides of MeO type. This concept is still used for the evaluation of the real surface area of the noble metal electrodes and also for the interpretation of new experimental results.The existence of reversible metal-oxide electrodes demonstrated experimentally for Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir and Au electrodes, oxidized anodically in the range of potentials preceding O₂ evolution, shows that noble metals do have electrochemistry of their own. Nanometric layers of amorphous, slightly soluble hydroxides, hydrous oxides or oxides can form electrochemically on the electrode surface during the anodic process and be reduced during the cathodic one. Such alternative concept admits the reversibility of anodic and cathodic processes and changes essentially the understanding and interpretation of the phenomena of anodic oxidation of noble metals.     

(Ag)_核·(Au)_壳复合纳米粒子的制备

以银原子团簇作晶种,采用微波高压液相合成法制备了分散性好、规则球形的(Ag)核·(Au)壳复合纳米粒子。研究了(Ag)核·(Au)壳复合纳米粒子的紫外可见吸收光谱和共振散射光谱特性。结果表明,液相(Ag)核·(Au)壳复合纳米粒子和高压微波合成的液相金纳米粒子的最强共振散射峰均在580nm处,它们的吸收光谱图相似,最大吸收分别在518.5nm和524.8nm。     

Activation of a Au/TiO2 Catalyst by Loading a Large Amount of Fe–Oxide: Oxidation of CO Enhanced by H2 and H2O

Catalytic activity of a 1 wt% Au/TiO₂ catalyst is markedly improved by loading a large amount of FeO_x, on which the oxidation of CO in excess H₂ is selectively promoted at temperature lower than 60 °C. Oxidation of CO with O₂ on the FeO_x/Au/TiO₂ catalyst is markedly enhanced by H₂, and H₂O moisture also enhances the oxidation of CO but its effect is not so large as the promotion by H₂. We deduced that activation of Au/TiO₂ catalyst by loading FeO_x is not caused by the size effect of Au particles but a new reaction path via hydroxyl carbonyl intermediate is responsible for the superior activity of the FeO_x/Au/TiO₂ catalyst.