Werner, dear, I've been in the game as long as you...I'm in fact also pointing at the devil in my phrase "many micrometers of gold, that's another situation...". As many are reading, I may have to be very much clearer: I said, that gold flash is normally not a problem. Gold flash is << 1 micrometer. OK, then we near 1 micrometer, this may still work. But over 1 micrometer of gold = many micrometers, then you can't be sure any more. Hope this sentence was crystal clear. Um Sie bald wieder zu sehen, bitte ich herzlich Ingemar -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Werner Engelmaier Sent: den 7 december 2004 15:03 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] Gold Plated Board Hi Ingemar, All you say is correct, but the devil lies in your last sentence: "many micrometers of gold, that's another situation of course..." A recent customer of mine thought to be getting 3-5 microns of Au, got 8...and the rest, as they say, is history. Werner --------------------------------------------------- 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 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- 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 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------