Summary of the invention
The present invention is directed to the above-mentioned deficiency of prior art, the sub-micron solder alloy powder that a kind of fine size, narrowly distributing, oxygen content are low is provided.
In order to solve the problems of the technologies described above, the technical solution used in the present invention is: a kind of sub-micron solder alloy powder, and this alloyed powder is made up of each metallic element of following percentage by weight: Sn:94.9 ~ 99.8%, Ag:0.1 ~ 4.2%, Cu:0.1 ~ 0.9%; And the average grain diameter of alloyed powder is 1.0 ~ 3.0 microns;
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This alloyed powder is made up of each metallic element of following percentage by weight: Sn:25.8 ~ 74.9%, Bi:25 ~ 70%, Ag:0.1 ~ 4.2%, and the average grain diameter of alloyed powder is 1.0 ~ 3.0 microns.
Above-mentioned sub-micron solder alloy powder is by the standby soldering alloy powder of physical vapor legal system, and the shape of particle of alloyed powder is spherical or class is spherical.
The present invention also provides a kind of granularity narrow respectively, and particle diameter is thin, effectively can meet the preparation method of the above-mentioned sub-micron solder alloy powder of the requirement that electronic product becomes more meticulous: preparation process comprises:
(1) the soldering alloy metal (commercially available prod) of formula rate and simple metal are put into the crucible of high-temperature metal evaporimeter as raw material, after the air-tightness of inspection machine is qualified, by the plasma transferred arc that produces between crucible and plasma torch as heating source, above-mentioned raw material are fused into metal liquid;
(2) to continuous feed in crucible, feed rate is 5.5 ~ 20Kg/h, and the pressure of the working gas of plasma transferred arc is 0.3 ~ 0.8MPa, and the voltage of plasma transferred arc is 60 ~ 200V, under the effect of plasma transferred arc, metal liquid is heated to form metal mixed steam;
(3) the metal mixed steam be evaporated enters particle controller, and metal mixed steam is cooled by the inert gas entering particle controller simultaneously, disperse in the middle of gas, collision, forms the drop of nanometer or submicron order, and being cooled subsequently is frozen into alloyed powder;
(4) alloyed powder of step (3) gained is by being collected after gas-solid separator under gas carries, and obtains sub-micron solder alloy powder end, and solder alloy powder is collected in solder powder collector; Gas is through the use or emptying of supercooling Posterior circle;
The device systems that above-mentioned preparation process relates to, its internal system pressure is 0.05 ~ 0.2MPa.
As preferably, the soldering alloy raw metal described in step (1) is granular, little bulk, segment shape etc., and composition is identical or close with the target soldering alloy meal component that will produce.
Simple metal described in above-mentioned steps of the present invention (1) is namely at preparation Sn-Ag-Cu solder powder (Sn:94.9 ~ 99.8%, Ag:0.1 ~ 4.2%, Cu:0.1 ~ 0.9%; And the average grain diameter of alloyed powder is 1.0 ~ 3.0 microns) time, when feeding intake, in crucible, drop into the fine copper of soldering alloy gold raw material weight 0.5 ~ 2.0%; When preparation Sn-Bi-Ag solder powder (Sn:25.8 ~ 74.9%, Bi:25 ~ 70%, Ag:0.1 ~ 4.2%, and the average grain diameter of alloyed powder is 1.0 ~ 3.0 microns), add the soldering alloy gold fine silver of raw material weight 0.1 ~ 2.0% and the pure tin of 5 ~ 30%.
As preferably, the working gas of the plasma transferred arc described in step (2) is one or more mist of argon gas, nitrogen, hydrogen, ammonia, helium, is preferably: the mist of nitrogen or nitrogen and hydrogen.
The device systems that the whole process of preparation method of the present invention relates to, the pressure of this internal system (from step (1) just control) be preferably 0.08 ~ 0.15MPa.
High-temperature metal evaporimeter of the present invention is the high-temperature metal evaporimeter in patent 201110119245.2, and this evaporation structure is as follows: comprise the crucible for holding metal derby and the metal liquid after melting, plasma transferred arc torch, plasma transferred arc, graphite, power supply and wire; The air inlet pipe that supplied gas enters is provided with in described plasma transferred arc torch; The plasma transferred arc lower end that described plasma transferred arc torch produces connects with the metal bath surface in crucible; Described graphite is located at the bottom of crucible; Described plasma transferred arc torch, plasma transferred arc, crucible, graphite, form electric loop between power supply and wire, the top of described plasma transferred arc is provided with the feed pipe added for raw metal.
Production process of the present invention can also be specifically described as: the simple metal of the higher contained in the soldering alloy metal (commercially available prod) of corresponding formula components and this alloy is put into high-temperature metal evaporimeter, the air-tightness of inspection machine is qualified rear (air tight),-85KPa or lower is vacuumized to system, then, be filled with high pure nitrogen again to rinse system, make intrasystem atmosphere be inertia, plasma transferred arc is as heating source, heating soldering alloy and simple metal raw material are to molten state, open charger, reinforced in crucible with given pace, under plasma transferred arc continuous action, metal mixed steam is evaporated, be transported in particle controller by gas transmission pipeline, in particle controller, metal mixed steam is cooled by inert gas, formed by dozens or even hundreds of former molecular atomic thin atom family, the disperse in the middle of gas of small atom family, collision, grow up into the drop of nanometer or submicron order, be cooled subsequently and be frozen into alloyed powder, because alloyed powder is collided by thousands of small atom families to grow up, so the composition of the soldering alloy powder of gained is uniform, gas-solid mixing gas is after gas-solid separator, alloyed powder is collected, gas be cooled Posterior circle use.
Because the boiling point of each metallic element of component alloy is different, the speed of evaporation is also different, when several metallic element is together by heating evaporation, low-boiling elements vaporization speed is fast, the evaporation rate that boiling point is high is slow, in order to the component requirements that the composition of the mixed vapour be evaporated can be made to meet soldering alloy powder in final products, except adding as except the soldering alloy metal of raw-material commercially available formula rate using certain speed, in crucible, also suitably need add the simple metal of a certain amount of higher element, such as when producing Sn-Ag-Cu solder powder, when needing to feed intake, drop into the fine copper of the weighing scale 0.5 ~ 2.0% of soldering alloy in crucible in crucible, when producing Sn-Bi-Ag solder powder, add with the fine silver of weighing scale 0.1 ~ 2.0% of soldering alloy in crucible and the pure tin of 5 ~ 30%, to ensure final evaporation, the alloyed powder composition cooled down meets final products requirement.In the incipient following period of time of production, the composition of the metal liquid in crucible constantly changes, high boiling metal element content is more and more higher, lower boiling metal element content reduces, by adjustment feeding quantity, after the evaporation of certain hour, feeding quantity and evaporation capacity reach balance, the amount of each element namely entering crucible and be evaporated from crucible reaches balance, alloying component in crucible is stabilized to some values, system reaches balance, and the composition of alloyed powder is also stabilized to predetermined value, and production can be produced down continually and steadily.
Advantage of the present invention and beneficial effect:
1. sub-micron solder alloy powder of the present invention, its average grain diameter is 1.0 ~ 3.0 microns, pattern can be full spherical, the mobility of powder is fine, and therefore, particle diameter is narrow respectively, be applied to Electronic Packaging field, fine circuitry can be formed and effectively fill tiny pin hole, therefore, the requirement that electronic product becomes more meticulous can be met.
2. the particle diameter of solder powder can regulate between 1.0 ~ 5.0 microns, narrow particle size distribution.
3. sub-micron solder alloy powder of the present invention, adopt physical vapor legal system standby, preparation technology is simple, start sintering temperature low, sintering velocity is fast, is easy to operation, and all metal alloy powder effectively can be formed the sub-micron solder alloy powder that average grain diameter is 1.0 ~ 3.0 microns.
Detailed description of the invention
Elaborate to embodiments of the invention below, but the present invention is not limited to following examples, any amendment in scope, all thinks and falls within the scope of protection of the present invention.
Embodiment 1:
Commercially available Sn-3.5Ag-0.9Cu B alloy wire is thrust into segment, this alloy section is put into crucible as raw material, weight is 15Kg, is added in crucible by the fine copper of 0.25Kg in addition.Nitrogen is as plasma transferred arc working gas, and pressure is 0.5MPa.The voltage of plasma transferred arc is 140V, with plasma transferred arc as heating source, alloy solder stick is heated to molten state rapidly, and open charger and in crucible, add alloy segment with the speed of 5.0Kg/h, system pressure is 110KPa.Through the composition adjustment of 2 hours, in crucible, the turnover of material reached balance.Metal vapors takes in particle controller by the nitrogen as refrigerating gas, metal vapors is gathered cold less than 200 DEG C, becomes solid state powder.Alloyed powder is collected after gas-solid separator.Gas be cooled Posterior circle use.
The solder powder alloying component produced is silver content: 3.5%, and copper content is: 0.9%.Oxygen content is: the general tin of 0.08%(calculates with surplus, and that is, be exactly tin except copper silver, an important quality index of solder powder is oxygen content in addition, so also write oxygen content here).If the too high oxygen level in solder powder, by causing the wettability of solder(ing) paste to decline, affect welding effect.Fusing point is: 217 DEG C.
Domain size distribution is for shown in table 1:
Table 1
Pattern: as shown in Figure 2.
Embodiment 2:
Sn-57Bi-1.0Ag B alloy wire is thrust into segment, this alloy section is put into crucible as raw material, weight is 20Kg.Add the fine silver of 0.3Kg and the pure tin of 4.4Kg simultaneously.Nitrogen is as plasma working gas, and pressure is 0.5MPa.Voltage is 150V, with plasma transferred arc as heating source, alloy solder stick is heated to molten state rapidly, opens charger and in crucible, add alloy segment with the speed of 6.0Kg/h, through the composition adjustment of 2.5 hours, the material of turnover crucible reached balance.Metal vapors takes in particle controller by the nitrogen as refrigerating gas, metal vapors is gathered cold less than 200 DEG C, becomes solid state powder.Alloyed powder is collected after gas-solid separator.Gas be cooled Posterior circle use.
The solder powder alloying component produced is silver content: 1.0%, and bi content is: 57.1%.Oxygen content is: 0.10%.Fusing point is: 217 DEG C.
Oxygen content is: 0.1%
Fusing point is: 140 DEG C.
Domain size distribution is for shown in table 2:
Table 2
Pattern as shown in Figure 3.