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The stress-strain properties of eutectic Sn-Pb and lead-free solders at strain rates between 0.1 s -1 and 300 s -1 are required to support finite-element modeling of the solder joints during board-level mechanical shock and productlevel drop-impact testing. However, there is very limited data in this range because this is beyond the limit of conventional mechanical testing and below the limit of the split Hopkinson pressure bar test method. In this paper, a specialized drop-weight test was developed and, together with a conventional mechanical tester, the true stress-strain properties of four solder alloys (63Sn-37Pb, Sn-1.0Ag-0.1Cu, Sn-3.5Ag, and Sn-3.0Ag-0.5Cu) were generated for strain rates in the range from 0.005 s -1 to 300 s -1 . The sensitivity of the solders was found to be independent of strain level but to increase with increased strain rate. The Sn-3.5Ag and the Sn-3.0Ag-0.5Cu solders exhibited not only higher flow stress at relatively low strain rate but, compared to Sn-37Pb, both also exhibited higher rate sensitivity that contributes to the weakness of these two lead-free solder joints when subjected to drop impact loading.

The synthesis of BaSn(OH)6 acicular crystals by precipitation at 100 °C from aqueous solutions and their transformation in the perovskitelike compound BaSnO3 was investigated. Single acicular crystals 100–200 μm in length were obtained from a 0.05M solution, whereas bundlelike aggregates of 20–40 μm were precipitated from 0.2–0.6 M solutions. The x-ray diffraction pattern of barium hexahydroxostannate was indexed according to monoclinic symmetry with cell parameters a = 11.029 ± 0.002 Å, b = 6.340 ± 0.001 Å, c = 10.563 ± 0.001 Å = 128.51 ± 0.01°, α = γ = 90°. The BaSn(OH)6 particles decomposed to BaSnO3 and water at approximately 270 °C and the original morphology was retained. The resulting product had specific surface area up to 30–40 m2/g and consisted of 10–20 nm crystallites. The larger unit cell edge in comparison to the reference value and the continuous weight loss up to 1200 °C indicate that water is not completely released during decomposition and a substantial amount of proton defects (up to 0.4 mol per mole of BaSnO3) is incorporated in the perovskite lattice as OH− groups. Normal crystallographic properties of BaSnO3 are restored only after calcination at 1300 °C.