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N. Hiyoshi et alii, Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale, 46 (2018) 25-33; DOI: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.46.03 25 Developments in the fracture and fatigue assessment of materials and structures Effect of additive elements Bi/Ni/Ge on crack initiation and propagation for low-Ag solders Noritake Hiyoshi University of Fukui, Japan hiyoshin@u-fukui.ac.jp Mitsuo Yamashita Tohoku University, Japan mitsuo-yamashita@jcom.home.ne.jp Hiroaki Hokazono Fuji Electric Co., Ltd., Japan hokazono-hiroaki@fujielectric.com A BSTRACT . This study discusses an effect of additive elements on crack propagation behaviour for low-Ag contain Sn1.0Ag0.7Cu lead-free solders at high temperature. A cyclic push-pull loading tests for four kinds of Sn1.0Ag0.7Cu solders were conducted at 313 K with a single hole specimen. Stress amplitude of solders containing additive element Bi were bigger than that of Bi-free solders. Crack initiation cycle of solders containing Bi were earlier than that of Bi-free solders. Low-Ag solders containing Bi had shorter crack propagation cycles than that of Bi-free solders. These results indicate that the additive element Bi have the effects on the crack initiation and propagation cycles, that is, Bi accelerates the crack propagation rate. We also discuss the adaptation of J-integral range parameter to the crack propagation rate evaluation for solders. J-integral range parameter evaluates the crack propagation rate for low-Ag solders independent of the additive elements. K EYWORDS . Additive elements; Crack initiation; Crack propagation; Lead- free solder; Low-Ag. Citation: Hiyoshi, N., Yamashita, M., Hokazono, H., Effect of additive elements Bi/Ni/Ge on crack initiation and propagation for low-Ag solders, Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale, 46 (2018) 25-33. Received: 07.03.2018 Accepted: 15.04.2018 Published: 01.10.2018 Copyright: © 2018 This is an open access article under the terms of the CC-BY 4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. I NTRODUCTION oldering is an important and a fundamental technique for electronic device mounting. It is well known that Sn-Pb solders are not allowed to use because it contains Pb which is a harmful element to the earth environment and human bodies. There are many kinds of candidate lead (Pb)-free solders and it is needed to investigate their S