Investigation of Contact Angles of SnAgCu Solder Paste Mixed with Graphene Oxide Using Digital Holography Technique

Abstract

Since lead is a pollutant to the environment, therefore lead-free solder paste compounds have been interested in many research teams. The objective of this research is the investigation properties of solder paste with graphene oxide and reduced graphene oxide. In our experimental method the solder pastes of SnAgCu mixed with graphene oxide with bad electrical conductivity at different concentration by weight of 0.00%, 0.05%, 0.1% and 0.2% respectively. Subsequently, the shape changes of the compounds have been investigated by using digital in-line holography using laser diode wavelength 635 nm as the light source. The solder paste compounds were melted at 250±5 <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">°</sup> C and were recorded for every 5 seconds. Then, the contact angles of the melted solder paste compound have been determined using their digital holographic reconstructed images.