The IEC has just completed a wetting balance test for SM components, IEC
68-2-69, using the solder bath and the solder globule. It is currently
working on a wetting balance test for printed circuit boards. It has
carried out one intercomparison and is planning a second.


Chris Hunt
National Physical Laboratory
Centre for Materials Measurement Technology
Building 15
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Teddington
Middlesex
United Kingdom TW11 0LW

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