Hi UK-Bob Willis, and IPC LF Listservers, Thanks again for the reviews. It sounds like you are doing reviews in some cases for the publishers. So far if I count Puttlitz's book which I see has PaulV from Sandia giving a chapter, you have reviewed 9 books. Sandia-PaulV pulled together many old presentations and did SMTA's big CD on Lead Free here last year that I remember we discussed a bit on this list with Jean-Paul. Puttlitz if I remember correctly, was the senior engineer focal point at IBM for years on Lead Free. Engineering Properties & Applications of Lead Alloys by Sivaraman Guruswamy, Univ of Utah is another by www.dekker.com When NIST CarolH and her team come out with a book AND When RIT (Rochester Institute of Technology) comes out that will make 12 books so far and we haven't even heard yet from some of the other publishers or electronics research places that will have to have a book in or out of their stables. Somehow the Swiss or maybe the UK will also have to publish something. It would be fun to see GuenterGrossman on Reliability. Questions --------- On the Japanese book you wrote 2003 as the English date. Did you really mean 2005?? I believe I noticed in your write up on the Japanese books that the LF alloy with Bi wasn't mentioned. Is that correct since I believe in the Pacific Rim they are using this alloy?? My toss up right now is between CALCE's book and Puttlitz. From a practical manufacturing application level which one is stronger in that regard or are they comparable in the implementation phase. I would like to see a good Wave Soldering section with some of the items discussed on the IPC-LF Listserve. Yours in Engineering, Dave YiEngr, MA/NY DDave -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Leadfee Mail List provided as a 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 Leadfree To temporarily stop delivery of Leadree for vacation breaks send: SET Leadfree NOMAIL Search previous postings 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------