Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Why White Residue Forms on PCBs

“It’s easy to determine the type of contamination you have on the board. Test
each patch of residue with drops of water or alcohol (IPA). If the drops of water
dissolve the residue, its ionic; if dissolved by the alcohol, the residue is organic.
This quickly tells you what it will take to clean the board (either a water-based
cleaner or a solvent-based cleaner), and can give you some indication of what
is causing the problem. In both cases, it’s more likely to be improper techniques or incomplete cleaning that causes the contamination problem.”

Source: http://tayloredge.com/reference/Science/solder_cleaning.pdf

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