John, Not if they do their homework and do the proper testing to show that the tweak in reactivity won't put them on dangerous ground. That is why there are tests like copper mirror, halide ion, British corrosion test, SIR and electrochemical migration. Bev RIM -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Burke Sent: January 9, 2007 12:02 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] Cleaning That's what I was thinking Brian...................8-) With the change to lead free and the various "wetting" issues a lot of people are using a more active flux if only to make the joints "look" more like 63/37 and as a result are having to use cleaning systems to remove the flux. Of course the ones that do not remove the flux will find out eventually why they should have done!! John John Burke (408) 515 4992 -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Brian Ellis Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 2:43 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] Cleaning Peter I'd bet water will be >15% this time. Brian Peter Swanson wrote: > Just a follow up from last week. > > The SMART Group has conducted cleaning surveys in the past on their > website. > > This survey was conducted in 2002 and received 79 votes cast: > 1. No-Clean 61% > 2. Nitrogen with No-Clean 14% > 3. Water Wash 15% > 4. Solvent Clean 6% > 5. Semi Aqueous 4% > > At that time, then, about 75% of the participants did not clean. The > geographic profile is unknown (as any visitor to the website can cast a > vote, anonymously), although I expect it was European biased. Five years > later, I would guess no-clean to be a bit more popular. 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