Yes. Flash gold can cause brain embrittlement too. I've readjusted a known proverbe a little: 'Better a flask of gold in your hand, than a flash gold with your brand ' Ok, ok,...very bad...let's try again... 'better a flask of gold for your brandy, than flash gold hanky-panky' ?? What?? B? Hmmm...then I leave it for Dewey.. /Inge -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Från: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] För Werner Engelmaier /* Skickat: den 29 mars 2008 15:25 Till: [log in to unmask] Ämne: Re: [TN] SV: [TN] Gold Flash vs. ENIG Solder finish Hi Inge, It was on RF components where I encountered the thick gold 'flash' causing the Au-embrittlement failures. Werner ************** Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL Home. (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15& ncid=aolhom00030000000001) --------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------