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Re: ESD shoes or barefoot?
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Bob Landman <[log in to unmask]>
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Bob Landman <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 6 Dec 2018 12:53:06 -0500
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Without lead, tin plating can grows tin whiskers which can be very sharp pointy things, things that make Toyoda's run away according to my friends at NASA Goodard.

See https://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1264373

And if you remember The Princess and the Pea, a very sensitive person just might feel them. 

Bob

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Subject: Re: [TN] ESD shoes or barefoot?

On Wed, 5 Dec 2018 08:53:54 -0500, Tom Brendlinger <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>I wonder which is worse, stepping on a DIP or stepping on a LEGO...

At least they are both lead-free now (smile)

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