{"id":952,"date":"2020-12-09T01:25:50","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T19:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iete.spit.ac.in\/?p=952"},"modified":"2024-08-29T22:31:01","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T17:01:01","slug":"why-are-circuit-boards-green","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iete.spit.ac.in\/?p=952","title":{"rendered":"Why are circuit boards green ?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"952\" class=\"elementor elementor-952\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-30ec58a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"30ec58a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-41166b8\" data-id=\"41166b8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20b656a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"20b656a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"750\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/iete.spit.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/8.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iete.spit.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/8.jpg 750w, https:\/\/iete.spit.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/8-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iete.spit.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/8-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8682a01 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8682a01\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9caeb87\" data-id=\"9caeb87\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c98913a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c98913a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4><span class=\"\">Printed circuit boards first began being developed in the early 1900s.<br>\u2022 The earliest versions were constructed by just simple wires that connected components together by a series of pegs or \u201cposts\u201d.<br>\u2022 This was very unreliable as these connections would often crack and degrade over time.<br>\u2022 As techniques improved manufacturers needed a non-conductive yet durable substrate with which to lay the copper conductive traces upon.<br>\u2022 One of the cheapest solutions was fiberglass that was bonded with a glass reinforced epoxy-resin, and since this glass natural colour is green, the boards would appear green as well.<br>\u2022 Coincidentally this is the same reason early bottles of cola were green \u2013 it was simply the cheapest way to make them.<br>\u2022 This circuit board construction material came to be known as FR-4. 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