Hi gang! As I was diligently putting reference articles into our technical reference database today, I ran across the following reference with you may find useful, especially considering our long discussion last week on the soldering of gold. The reference is a good compilation of the standard "questions" that often get asked about soldering to gold surface finishes. Have fun. ITRI Practical Monograph No. 1, "Soldering to Gold Coatings", publication 736 International Tin Research Institute, reprinted 1995 Dave Hillman Rockwell Collins [log in to unmask] --------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------