In message <[log in to unmask]> Leo Reynolds writes:
> 
> The problem we are facing is that a customer is having us hold SMT 
> devices for next years production.  We have some materials in storage 
> for 6 months already and by the time the material is in use, some may be 
> over one year.  In the past one customer who held material, for 15 
> months and then found it was unsolderable, scrapped over $100,000 worth.
> 

You might also consider the use of 3M Corrosion Control Adsorber, a paper 
product which can be placed into storage bags of pcb's or components. It 
adsorbs from the atmosphere pollutants like sulphur dioxide which lead to 
corrosion, oxidation, etc. 

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