Question

Defects that can arise in this process include non-wet open and head-on-pillow. The 853D and 926LED-III are among the devices made by Yihua for performing this action, which is also what the American company Hakko makes tools for. A ball grid array design contains many namesake balls or bumps that this process is applied to. The “dip” (15[1])and “wave” types of this process (-5[1])involve (0[1])dipping certain parts in a bath. This action can be undone with a rework gun or a pump-like device called a namesake (*) “sucker”. (10[1])“Stations” (10[1])used for this action often include a wire mesh or sponge for cleaning tips. “Cold joints” may arise from improperly performing this action, which uses a lower temperature than the similar processes of brazing and welding. For 10 points, a namesake iron is used for what process of melting a lead or tin alloy to join electrical components? ■END■

ANSWER: soldering (“SAW-dur-ing”) [accept reflow soldering]
<AW>
= Average correct buzz position
Conv. %Power %Average Buzz
75%25%76.33

Back to tossups

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Dan Niplaying emacs while my parents are arguingscreaming into the public static void main(String[] args)5615
Aseem KeyalMacro Editorsa neural-net processor; a thinking machine62-5
Corry Wanga neural-net processor; a thinking machineMacro Editors630
Jaimie CarlsonDianetics for DiabeticsWe Bought a Complexity Zoo Story8610
Jerry VinokurovEight Megabytes And Constantly SwappingEdwardian Manifestation of All Colonial Sins8710