Jim,
TNX for posting the link. It's filled with some great information
73,
Bill
AI4WM
--- On Sun, 12/21/08, jimlux <jimlux@earthlink.net> wrote:
> From: jimlux <jimlux@earthlink.net>
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Tin Whiskers..Re: PL-239 Going Open?
> To: "Kim Elmore" <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
> Cc: towertalk@contesting.com, "Bill Aycock" <baycock@hughes.net>
> Date: Sunday, December 21, 2008, 10:23 PM
> Kim Elmore wrote:
> > Here's what I know about it:
> >
> > http://nepp.nasa.gov/WHISKER/index.html
> >
>
> Only pure tin is a problem (pure some other metals too..)..
> Almost
> anything alloyed with it stops it, as does conformal
> coating.
>
> For space applications, there's an exemption from RoHS,
> but of course,
> that doesn't do you any good if nobody sells
> traditional lead/tin.
> There's a whole raft of other procedures possible (e.g.
> dipping the
> leads in lead/tin or x/tin solder), the details of which
> are probably
> export controlled.
>
> Jim
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