In addition to the very good info you have already received, consider how the caps are being soldered or reworked. I would check to make sure none were soldered by hand using conventional solder irons. Rework such as solder touchup should only be done with a hand-held hot air device such as a Hakko or JVC. Never, ever allow an MLCCC to be soldered with a conventional soldering tool, as the sudden thermal shock will crack the body of the connector, and/or the large heat transfer can melt the high-temp solder connections internally (plate to terminal connections). -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Igoshev, Vladimir Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 8:08 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] Ceramic caps Hi TechNeters, I came across an unusual (at least to me) failure mode of ceramic caps. They crack along the component body in either normal (from top all the way through to the bottom), or parallel (from one side all the way through to the other side) direction to the board the caps are mounted on. Has anyone seen something similar? Thanks a lot in advance. Regards, Vladimir --------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------