CoolTherm® MD-161 Conductive Adhesive Where to Buy
Product Information
LORD CoolTherm® MD-161 conductive adhesive offers excellent electrical conductivity. It is designed for dispensing through small nozzles.
CoolTherm MD-161 adhesive provides excellent adhesion to a wide variety of surfaces including silicon, silver, gold and copper. Its excellent adhesion to SiC and GaN semiconductors make CoolTherm MD-161 adhesive ideally suited for demanding LED assembly applications.
Shelf Life
Shelf life is six months from date of manufacture when stored at -30°C in original, unopened container. Syringe must be maintained at -30°C in a vertical (upright) position with the dispense tip facing down. Do not store syringe on its side (horizontally).
This material is shipped and stored frozen. Consult handling instructions** for thawing.
** Handling instructions are available on LORD.com.
Features and Benefits
Excellent Dispensability – allows high-speed, accurate syringe dispensing of fine dots or lines; can be used with time/pressure, positive displacement or linear dispense heads; works with pin transfer equipment to precisely apply very fine dots.
Fast Cure – rapidly cures at 150°C.
Convenient – provides a working life of up to 5 days after loading a syringe into the dispensing equipment at room temperature.
Uncured Typical Properties*
| Appearance | Silver Paste |
| Viscosity, cps @ 25°C | 40,000 |
| Specific Gravity | 3.5 |
| Cure Time, min @ 150°C | 60 |
Cured Typical Properties*
| Volume Resistivity, ohm-cm | < 0.001 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/mK | 1.9 |
| Coefficient of Linear Thermal Expansion, ppm/°C |
alpha 1 = 50 alpha 2 = 180 |
| Glass Transition Temperature (Tg), °C | 55 |
| Die Shear Strength, psi |
6500 @ 25°C 2400 @ 150°C 900 @ 200°C 700 @ 250°C 400 @ 300°C |
| Storage Modulus, MPa @ 25°C | 5000 |
*Data is typical and not to be used for specification purposes.
Literature
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Product Catalog | Microelectronic Materials Catalog | |
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Technical Data Sheet | CoolTherm MD-161 Conductive Adhesive | |
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User Instructions | Electronic Materials Handling Instructions (-30°C Storage Temperature) | |
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Selector Guide | Electronic Materials for LED Applications | |
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Safety Data Sheet | CoolTherm MD-161 |
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