:) No, I stand by what I said. I bet if you talked to those "IBM research paper" authors that they meant the normal allotropic form of tin when they used the word "white". I would expect that a company as professional as IBM had gone into some detail in their work and were not just simply describing a color. And I would like to stress that I made no swipes at particular forms of the immersion tin and just noted the general situation as I know it. I'm a big boy, I can take it... I wear steel toed, ESD boots. regards, Bev Christian. -----Original Message----- From: Franklin D Asbell [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 7:13 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] Question regarding Immersion White Tin ~chuckling~ You need some ice for those swelling toes??? ~grin~ Franklin ############################################################## TechNet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ############################################################## To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TECHNET <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET ############################################################## Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. If you need assistance - contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ############################################################## ############################################################## TechNet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ############################################################## To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TECHNET <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET ############################################################## Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. If you need assistance - contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ##############################################################