The formation behaviour of grains and their components, including Sn dendrites,
Cu6Sn5 and Ag3Sn intermetallic compounds (IMCs), in a SnAgCu alloy is investigated
in an experiment, capable to obtain the solid reactants directly from the liquid solder
during the liquid-to-solid phase transformation. The results show that Cu6Sn5 IMCs are
formed first in a grain; then large Sn dendrites; fibre-like Ag3Sn IMCs are formed ahead
of the β-Sn matrix in the coupling process generating eutectics.
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GONG, J. ... et al, 2009. Formation of Sn dendrites and SnAg eutectics in a SnAgCu solder. Scripta Materialia, 61 (7), pp.682-685.
This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Scripta Materialia. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2009.05.034