Steve: Contact Dynaloy Inc in Indianapolis Ind. 800-669-5709. The make a full range of products designed to breakdown/strip various polymers. These include epoxies, urethanes, polysulfides, silicones etc. We have used their products many years to aid in defect and failure analysis of encapsulated electronics. Regards Michael Barmuta Staff Engineer Fluke Corp. Everett WA 425-446-6076 -----Original Message----- From: Stephen R. Gregory [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 9:11 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] Removing epoxy encapsulation Hi ya'll! Could anybody tell me what kind of chemical/solvent I could use to remove epoxy encapsulation material? What I'm trying to do is look at the wire bonds on some failed tunnel diodes... Thanks! -Steve Gregory- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send the following message: SET Technet NOMAIL Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information, or 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 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send the following message: SET Technet NOMAIL Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------