Sorry, I missed the part on why can't students use no-clean fluxes.  And wouldn't using
no-cleans help send a message about our obligation to protect the environment, rather than the
"aww don't worry mate, we're only polluting a bit" message you're posting?

David Whalley wrote:

> We have finally run out of freon for our Surf Systems vapour phase
> soldering machine. The machine is only used for student labs and the
> occaisonal tricky soldering job, so I havn't felt too guilty about our
> using up what we had (I think we must have averaged less than a
> litre/year), but we now need to find a suitable alternative. Can anyone
> comment on their experience with alternative secondary vapour materials in
> this type of small batch machine?
>
> Thanks,
>
> David Whalley
> Senior Lecturer
> Wolfson School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
> Loughborough University
> Loughborough
> Leics LE11 3TU
> UK
>
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> Fax. +44(0)1509 227648
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