Peter, There is life outside of military specifications. Solderability requirements can be found in ANSI J-STD-002 and -003. Dave Hillman, Rockwell, chairs those committees. The two standards are widely accepted and covers solderability of boards and components. Doug Pauls CSL *************************************************************************** * TechNet mail list is provided as a service by IPC using SmartList v3.05 * *************************************************************************** * To unsubscribe from this list at any time, send a message to: * * [log in to unmask] with <subject: unsubscribe> and no text. * ***************************************************************************