Dave Are you sure Doug didn't lace your Coke with Mountain Dew? Brian Dave Hillman wrote: > > Hi folks! I have ran into a problem which has me baffled and the extra 20 > ounces of Coke I consumed this morning didn't bring about any better > thought clarity so I would like to bounce the problem off the minds of > TechNet. I have been attempting to hand solder a chip resistor (50 x 100) > but have immediate cracking of the resistor across the width of the > component. The resistor is either Aluminum Nitride or BeO (I'm still trying > to find out which material). And yes, we are using proper soldering > technique(s) and the resistor pad geometries are our standard dimensions. I > know that the typical resistor body material is Alumina. Has anyone had > good or bad experiences in hand soldering AlN or BeO resistors? Have I run > into a material flexural strength issue? > > Dave Hillman > Rockwell Collins > [log in to unmask] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL > To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest > Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/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 e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------