Homogeneous (Cu, Ni)6Sn5 intermetallic compound joints rapidly formed in asymmetrical Ni/Sn/Cu system using ultrasound-induced transient liquid phase soldering process

Z L Li; H J Dong; X G Song; H Y Zhao; H Tian; J H Liu; J C Feng; J C Yan

doi:10.1016/j.ultsonch.2017.12.005

Homogeneous (Cu, Ni)₆Sn₅ intermetallic compound joints rapidly formed in asymmetrical Ni/Sn/Cu system using ultrasound-induced transient liquid phase soldering process

Ultrason Sonochem. 2018 Apr:42:403-410. doi: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2017.12.005. Epub 2017 Dec 5.

Authors

Z L Li¹, H J Dong¹, X G Song², H Y Zhao³, H Tian¹, J H Liu¹, J C Feng³, J C Yan¹

Affiliations

¹ Shandong Provincial Key Lab of Special Welding Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology at Weihai, Weihai 264209, China.
² Shandong Provincial Key Lab of Special Welding Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology at Weihai, Weihai 264209, China; State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China. Electronic address: xgsong@hitwh.edu.cn.
³ Shandong Provincial Key Lab of Special Welding Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology at Weihai, Weihai 264209, China; State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China.

PMID: 29429685
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2017.12.005

Abstract

Homogeneous (Cu, Ni)₆Sn₅ intermetallic compound (IMC) joints were rapidly formed in asymmetrical Ni/Sn/Cu system by an ultrasound-induced transient liquid phase (TLP) soldering process. In the traditional TLP soldering process, the intermetallic joints formed in Ni/Sn/Cu system consisted of major (Cu, Ni)₆Sn₅ and minor Cu₃Sn IMCs, and the grain morphology of (Cu, Ni)₆Sn₅ IMCs subsequently exhibited fine rounded, needlelike and coarse rounded shapes from the Ni side to the Cu side, which was highly in accordance with the Ni concentration gradient across the joints. However, in the ultrasound-induced TLP soldering process, the intermetallic joints formed in Ni/Sn/Cu system only consisted of the (Cu, Ni)₆Sn₅ IMCs which exhibited an uniform grain morphology of rounded shape with a remarkably narrowed Ni concentration gradient. The ultrasound-induced homogeneous intermetallic joints exhibited higher shear strength (61.6 MPa) than the traditional heterogeneous intermetallic joints (49.8 MPa).

Keywords: (Cu, Ni)(6)Sn(5) joints; Concentration gradient; Grain morphology; Homogenization; Ultrasonic soldering.