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Title: Conductive adhesive could replace solder someday Post by: kb3nqd on November 05, 2008, 11:41:45 AM Conductive adhesive is a natural outgrowth of the research being done in "gecko" adhesives
Here's the geico...er gecko http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn14902-geckogrip-material-aims-to-be-the-end-of-glue.html and the solder replacement http://www.eetimes.com/news/semi/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=211200375 Title: Re: Conductive adhesive could replace solder someday Post by: WA1GFZ on November 05, 2008, 12:48:13 PM A guy at Deerfield Flea was giving away samples of this kind of stuff.
All you had to do was answer a couple questions. He was looking for a good name for his product. We used ablestick in microwave hybrids years ago. It was the strongest stuff I ever used and had a very low resistance. You could get it almost soft if the hybrid was stuffed in a solder pot full of molten solder. Title: Re: Conductive adhesive could replace solder someday Post by: Opcom on November 05, 2008, 10:38:25 PM does not sound hacker-friendly. How does one "unsolder" it?
Title: Re: Conductive adhesive could replace solder someday Post by: W1ATR on November 05, 2008, 11:24:24 PM First they take away the Pb, now they want to take away the solder altogether. "They" need to protect us from ourselves. Oh God, poison solder fumes! Clear the building! Everyone RUN! (And don't trip over my supply of PCB oil caps on your way out.) ;)
They have this orange crap in a bottle they sell at the supply house. It's an adhesive for gluing together copper pipe fittings. The display has about an inch of dust on it since any self respecting HVAC guy or plumber isn't willing to be caught dead using the stuff. Title: Re: Conductive adhesive could replace solder someday Post by: k4kyv on November 06, 2008, 01:37:50 AM That's why I have collected a lifetime supply of lead/tin rosin core solder. AMfone - Dedicated to Amplitude Modulation on the Amateur Radio Bands
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