Altarnatives to HASL are:

A. Metal coatings

1. Immersion Gold over the electroless nickel (Aurotech, Ronamerse SMT)
2. Immesion Silver (Alpha Level)
3. Electroless Palladium (Pallatect, Pallamerse SMT)
4. Immersion tin (APT 884, Tinposit)

B. Organic coatings (benzimidazole or imidazole based compounds,  often couple
d with co-deposited copper)

1. Shercoat (Atotech)
2. Entek Plus (Enthone)
3. Ronacoat (LeaRonal)
4. MecSeal (Mec)
5. M- Coat Plus (MacDermid)
6. Glicoat - F1, E3 (Shikoku)

Regards

Michael Pavlov

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