Sorry, I don't know the brand, but about 1963 I saw this done to inspect
the spot welds in an epoxy potted module on a satellite command decoder
module.  It took about two weeks of soaking in a rather vile solution
and we had to pick at it from time to time to flake off the softened
epoxy.

Don't give up, it is (was) out there somewhere.  As I recall we were
buying our stuff from Dow-Corning at that time.

Also, consider X-Raying it.

        Bob Smith


Stephen R. Gregory wrote:
>
> Hi ya'll!
>
> Could anybody tell me what kind of chemical/solvent I could use to remove
> epoxy encapsulation material? What I'm trying to do is look at the wire bonds
> on some failed tunnel diodes...
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Steve Gregory-
>
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