Isn't it remarkable:

JEDEC 142  OBTAINING AND INSPECTING MATERIAL/COMPONENTS FOR HYBRIDS/MCM

Not a word about checking for pure Tin ! With the apparent risk of
whiskers, a line or two about that would not be wrong...or did I miss
something? Maybe I don't have a fresh copy?

Steve, as a specialist on these, what's your comment.

Inge







>   On 20 March 2012 19:50, Stadem, Richard D.
>> <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
>>
>> > Tin whiskers can grow in leaded circuits, ie, CCAs soldered with Sn63.
>>
>> > The issue is that the parts need to be tinned of their lead-free
>> > original finish, and the ENTIRE LEAD then must be tinned with Sn63. If
>>
>> > you leave a portion of a SAC305-finished lead untinned, the line of
>> > demarcation between the Sn63 solder and the SAC305 C -----Original
>> > Message-----
>> > From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Joyce Koo
>> >  Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 12:57 PM
>> > To: [log in to unmask]
>> > Subject: Re: [TN] Out of the world tin whiskers
>> >
>> > I thought space is exempt for leadfree.  Why?
>> > --------------------------
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>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: Inge Hernefjord [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> > Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 01:47 PM
>> > To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
>> > Subject: Re: [TN] Out of the world tin whiskers
>> >
>> > DO THEY NEVER LEARN!
>> >
>> > Inge
>> >
>> > On 20 March 2012 18:08, Gervascio, Thomas L
>> > <[log in to unmask]
>> > >wrote:
>> >
>> > > Tin whiskers at Saturn
>> > >
>> > > PASADENA, Calif. -- The Cassini plasma spectrometer instrument
>> > > (CAPS) aboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft at Saturn has resumed
>> operations.
>> > Mission
>> > > managers received confirmation on Friday, March 16, that it was
>> > > turned
>> > on.
>> > > They plan to monitor the instrument for any unusual behavior.
>> > > Last June, short circuits in the instrument led to unexpected
>> > > voltage shifts on the spacecraft. As a precaution, mission managers
>> > > turned off
>> > the
>> > > CAPS instrument while engineers investigated the issue. The
>> > > investigation led to the conclusion that tin plating on electronics
>> > > components had
>> > grown
>> > > "whiskers." The whiskers were very small, less than the diameter of
>> > > a
>> > human
>> > > hair, but they were big enough to contact another conducting surface
>>
>> > > and carry electrical current. Researchers are still trying to
>> > > understand why whiskers grow on tin and other metals, but they know
>> > > now that whiskers
>> > can
>> > > grow in space and on Earth. It is believed that these or additional
>> > > tin whiskers that may grow on Cassini cannot carry enough current to
>>
>> > > cause problems, but will burn out on their own like a lightweight
>> fuse.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
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