0.06 wt%Au was not able to suppress interfacial Cu3Sn growth in Sn-0.7Cu/Cu.
Au remained homogeneously distributed in interfacial (Cu,Au)6Sn5 after 500 h ageing.
Interfacial Cu6Sn5 phases with a metastable hexagonal generally transform to monoclinic during ageing.
This transformation during ageing was suppressed by Ni/Au/Zn at different levels.