> Technetters - I know someone has this information at their fingertips.
> I'm in an argument with someone about a socket, and I have to prove that
> a gorilla would have to stand on the part to shear the solder joints
> holding the socket on the board (it's a PGA component).  Can someone
> tell me the shear strength of solder?  I'm going to construct a very
> crude mathematical model.

I wish I could help you but I can't.  Wouldn't the data depend on the
size and weight of said gorilla?  You ought to see the mental image I
have of this!  ;-)

JoAnn L. Amerson
Design Librarian
Red Lion Controls, Inc.
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Voice: (717) 767-6961 ext 6308

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