1. These are 8-28L SOIC packages
     2. Palladium (3-4 microinches) over nickel (40-125um) over copper.
     3. Pure palladium
     4. soldered with either 63/37 or 2/62/36 with water wash flux now, but 
        soon to no-clean.
     5. requirements-life of 20 years. standard commercial temp cycles and  
        limits.


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Subject: RE: Palladium finish
Author:  [log in to unmask] at internet
Date:    5/29/96 1:58 PM


Need more info:
What type of components?
What's the base metal?
Is this a palladium alloy? With what? 
How will these components be soldered?
What's the requirements (temp, life cycle, etc) of the assy?
Simplistic questions with no info to assist those people on the Net who 
would like to  help deserve simplistic answers with no info.
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To: TechNet
Subject: Palladium finish
Date: Sunday, May 26, 1996 11:09AM
     
     We have a vendor who is changing the metallizations of its components 
     to palladium from tin/lead.
     
     Has anyone had problems with this?
     
     Are there problems with no-clean fluxes?