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ArticleJournal of materials science. Materials in electronics2025

Effects of Ag and melt undercooling on the microstructure of Sn-Ag solder balls.

Sihan Sun, Ao Li, Chao Cheng, Christopher M Gourlay

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Article in Journal of materials science. Materials in electronics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors.

Sihan SunDepartment of Materials, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ UK.ORCID 0009-0006-7994-008X
Ao LiDepartment of Materials, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ UK.
Chao ChengDepartment of Materials, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ UK.
Christopher M GourlayDepartment of Materials, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4588-6007

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The microstructure of electronic solder joints is created by solidification in an undercooled melt. Here, we apply the framework of solidification microstructure selection maps (SMSMs) to Sn-Ag solder balls with compositions from 0.5 to 5.0 wt.% Ag and bulk undercoolings in the range 10-70 K. The effects of Ag and melt undercooling on the transition from single-grain to cyclic-twinned microstructures and the extent of interlacing are revealed. Controlled by the Ag content and the competitive nucleation between the β-Sn and Ag Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10854-025-14979-6.

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PMID40470271
PMCPMC12130131

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