Guiding Values for Solder Joint Strength
During static loading, metric units
Jointed Material | Solder Type | Tension | Shear |
R m [MPa] | R ms [MPa] |
Low strength steels (for example, 37 grade) | Tin solders | 30 to 80 | 20 to 40 |
Solders from Cu alloys | 200 to 350 | 100 to 220 |
Silver solders | 220 to 400 | 120 to 2520 |
During static loading, English units
Jointed Material | Solder Type | Tension | Shear |
R m [psi] | R ms [psi] |
Low strength steels (for example, 37 grade) | Tin solders | 4 500 to 11 500 | 2 900 to 5 800 |
Solders from Cu alloys | 29 000 to 50 000 | 14 500 to 32 000 |
Silver solders | 32 000 to 58 000 | 17 500 to 36 000 |