Ken, Simple: its cheap and solders well. Problems down the road? "Hey not our concern." Ah, life is beautiful on the way to the bank. Bev Christian Research in Motion -----Original Message----- From: Bloomquist, Ken [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: December 10, 2003 12:39 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] Components Suppliers who are using Tin Finishes I have another question along this same subject line. If everyone is going nuts over "Tin Whiskers" why are the component manufacturers using tin as an alternative finish to tin/lead? Almost every stone you turn over, regarding going lead free, you find an article on "Tin Whiskers". Why not switch to something else that the industry is not having trouble with??? Ken Bloomquist --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a 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/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a 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/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 -----------------------------------------------------