Not a mis-communication, it seems to be used a lot for memory devices particularly. John ------------------------------------ Avanex John Burke Senior Manager RoHS Compliance [log in to unmask] 40919 Encyclopedia Circle Fremont CA 94538 tel: 510 897 4250 fax: 510 979 0189 mobile: 510 676 6312 ------------------------------------ -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Bob Barr Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 1:33 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] SnBi Lead Plating We received a last time buy notice from a distributor for a NEC part. The part is going to a RoHS compliant finish. The information we received seems to indicate the lead finish will be SnBi. With the transition from Pb to Pb-free still happening, it seems like a problem to have Bi on a component lead. Everything I have read says Bi cannot be mixed with Pb because it forms a low temperature melting alloy. Has anybody heard of Bi being used in a component lead finish? I'm hoping this may just be a mis- communication. Thanks. Bob --------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------