So you are capitalizing on others who don't? dewey -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Werner Engelmaier Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 5:57 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] Definition of Eutectic Solder Hi Brian, Günter, as usual, did an excellent job explaing what eutectic compositions are and what they do. The origin of eutectic compositions and Solidus and Liquidus lines comes, to my knowledge, originally from the steel industry. The reason I write this is that I am surprised that even you have fallen into the sloppy language trap. There are Solidus and Liquidus temperatures for each composition-I capitalize them because the properly should be defioned proper nouns even though the OAD does not define them as such. However, there is no such word as liquidus as in "...will not attain liquidus..." An alloy may become liquid or liquify, but cannot become 'liquidus', or even 'liquidous' for that matter. One of the reasons people have started this misuse is, IMHO, that often these words are not capitalized. Werner ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 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 -----------------------------------------------------