AMS2420F Plating of Aluminum for Solderability Zinc Immersion Pre-Treatment Process

Revised

07/19/2022

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Issuing Committee
Scope
Content
This specification covers the requirements for preparation of aluminum and aluminum alloys for soldering by zinc immersion pre-treatment followed by copper plating and tin or tin-zinc alloy plating.
Rationale
Content
AMS2420F results from a Five-Year Review and update of this specification with additions to ordering information regarding thickness of plate, and test specimens for solderability test, clarified that under plate per AMS2418 be Type 1 (3.2.2), added that multiple layers of plating shall be a continuous process so that drying does not occur between layers (3.2.2.1), added that AMS’s for sub layers of plating shall have their test requirements be fulfilled by AMS2420 testing (3.2.2.2), updated fixture contact locations (OI, 3.2.3, 4.4.3), added allowance for direct dimensional inspection (3.3.1), added that solderability test is destructive (3.3.4), added requirement for composition testing of Class 2 plating (3.3.5, 4.2.2), clarified thickness testing (4.2.1, 4.2.2), added standard wording for suspension of periodic testing (4.2.2.1), updated lot definition (4.3), added that test samples shall be randomly selected from the lot (4.3.1), changed Table 1 sampling for up to seven parts in lot, added thickness to periodic sampling and testing (4.3.2), added test specimen requirements for composition and solderability (4.3.3.2, 4.3.3.3), added method for reflowing plating to control factors (4.4.3), and clarified resampling and retesting (4.6).
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/AMS2420F
Pages
8
Citation
SAE International Material Specification, Plating of Aluminum for Solderability Zinc Immersion Pre-Treatment Process, SAE Standard AMS2420F, Revised July 2022, Reaffirmed August 2012, Issued July 1957, https://doi.org/10.4271/AMS2420F.
Additional Details
Publisher
Published
Jul 19, 2022
Product Code
AMS2420F
Content Type
Material Specification
Status
Revised
Language
English