And you can take that as gospel.  Graham was an eyewitness......


Doug Pauls
Principal Materials and Process Engineer
Rockwell Collins

On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 5:33 AM, Graham Naisbitt <
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> Not quite the whole story - but how about this for a piece of useless
> information:
>
> Colophon is one of the oldest greek, Ionian League” cities that now lies
> in Turkey. Translation of Colophon is “Summit”.
>
> Around the area there are lots of pine trees - or there were! - and for
> those who might recall the solderability test flux SMNA from Multicore,
> that, I believe, is taken from Smyrna (SMNA - get it?) and is a water white
> pure rosin. As trees mature in different ways, due to climate, so the
> quality of the rosin varies - just like wine, but less drinkable.
>
> SMyrNA is ancient Greek for Myrrh….a resin that smells lovely.
>
> As the old saying goes, you can’t know where you are going unless you know
> where you have been.
>
> Have a nice day and sorry I didn’t get to see everyone in Chicago last
> week.
>
> Graham Naisbitt
>
>
> On 4 Oct 2014, at 14:46, Stadem, Richard D. <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > That is correct. Aahhnold lives there.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bush, Brien
> > Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 8:10 AM
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> > Subject: Re: [TN] Colofonia based flux - Bayesian Filter detected spam
> >
> > Hi Jeff,
> > Colofonia is Greek for rosin.
> >
> > Brien B.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jean-Francois
> Bissonnette
> > Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 8:08 AM
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> > Subject: [TN] Colofonia based flux - Bayesian Filter detected spam
> >
> > Hi Technetters,
> >
> >
> >
> > Anyone heard of Colofonia based fluxes? Is it any good? Pros and cons?
> >
> >
> >
> > Have a nice day all!!!
> >
> >
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> >
> >
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