Chemical Nickel/Gold (ENIG)

Chemical Nickel/Gold (ENIG)

A 4-5 um layer of nickel, covered with 0.08 um of gold, chemically deposited on exposed areas of copper.

This finish offers a great number of advantages, including:

 

– The best finish and it does not rust
– Excellent solder wettability
– Immersion finish
– Known process
– Flat soldering surface
– Suitable for complex contacts
– Long storage life: + 2 years
– Supports 6 blasts in soldering or wave furnace
– Scratch resistant
– Consolidated finish (over 10 years)
– Solder wettability
– Good for fine pitch of small components
– Supports wire soldering