Donald, Can you elaborate a little more as to what conditions led to the pictures that you took? I'll apologize for not following the threads that led to the pictures but are we seeing tin whisker growth or is it a growth spawned due to contamination or bad cleaning? Thanks. Bill Kasprzak Moog Inc Process Engineer, Electronic Assembly Donald Kyle <[log in to unmask]> Sent by: TechNet <[log in to unmask]> 03/08/2005 01:59 PM Please respond to TechNet E-Mail Forum <[log in to unmask]>; Please respond to [log in to unmask] To [log in to unmask] cc Subject [TN] Extreme Ionic Contamination (It's Friday) Steve Gregory was kind enough to post six pictures that I sent showing the whiskers. Have a look-see. Go to: http://www.stevezeva.homestead.com Donald Kyle C.I.D.+ 281-285-7528 voice 281-285-8593 fax [log in to unmask] Schlumberger Sugar Land Product Center (SPC) Mail Drop MD155-1 155 Industrial Boulevard Sugar Land, Texas 77478 --------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------