Werner, Could you direct me to published literature dealing with silver embrittlement. Regards, George George M. Wenger (908)-546-4531 Reliability Engineer RF Power Amplifier Group Andrew Corporation, 40 Technology Drive, Warren, NJ 07059 [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Werner Engelmaier [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 12:46 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] Alternative Finishes To Tin/Lead In a message dated 10/03/2002 9:49:07, [log in to unmask] writes: >Finish: Silver >Applicablity: PWB's, Component Leads >Advantages: Solderable >Disadvantages: Shelf Life (tarnish), Environmental Issues, possible silver 'embrittlement' which is worse than gold 'embrittlement' Werner Engelmaier --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e 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 or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. Any unauthorized use of this email is prohibited. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e 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 or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------