Dear TechNetters, One of my students has a good question, I can't answer. J-STD-001 requires gold removal of various gold plated components/terminals. What if you are using a gold plated board plating. Is there generally any problems with gold embrittlement with this type of board plating with non-gold plated leads for through-hole or SMT components? Your thoughts would be most appreciated. Gregg A. Owens Manufacturing Technology Training Center, Inc. Mira Loma, CA 91752 USA --------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------