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Provided that all the chemistry is removed, there cannot be anything to
be concerned about in RoHS. You can use all the lead, mercury,
hexavalent chromium, cadmium etc. that you like, provided that there is
none left on the product when it leaves the factory.

However, there is much worse to come: REACH. It is not impossible that
this will make some printed circuit and component manufacture and
assembly totally uneconomic in Europe. This will be great for
non-European countries, of course. The reason? Well, our industries use
many chemicals in relatively small quantities. Registration of these
will cost a fortune, so that either they will not be manufactured or
imported within the EU boundaries or, if they are, the cost increase of
the said chemicals will make them impossible to use and stay in
business. This will make RoHS look like a Sunday-school outing for the
European electronics industry and the rest of the world will be laughing
all the way to the bank.

Brian

Charlie Pitarys wrote:
>
> Greetings! Is there a list of approved and non-approved cleaning
> chemicals for this specification? Are cleaning chemistries involved if
> at all? I found perhaps 10 compounds (mostly metals) and the rest of the
> spec seems pretty vauge.(re. massive Google Search)
> Is there a standard form to present to customers that your products are
> in compliance or is it just a blanket faith statement?
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Charlie Pitarys
> Director of Application Technologies
> 603.622.2900 x-115
>
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