The information may be old but two papers were presented at the 1983 NEPCON West. One was titled "How much gold is enough for electronic interconnections" by Will Reyes at Xerox. The other was "Palladium- Nickel as an alternative to Gold in connector applications" by Undegraff and Graham at du Pont. Some data regarding porosity, HNO3 testing, contact resistance, etc is included in the papers. I would be happy to share this information with you if you feel it is of any use. ---------- From: es500yap@pts7 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: FAB: Palladium Plating Date: Friday, March 07, 1997 5:00AM Does any have any experience with Pd plating replacing Selective Au & ENIG on PWB? Are there any success stories? Is there any data collected on the reliability of this plating? What is the plating thickness like for Ni, Pd? Is Au in the content? If yes, how much? Appreciate any input. regards, stella ************************************************************************ *** * TechNet mail list is provided as a service by IPC using SmartList v3.05 * ************************************************************************ *** * To subscribe/unsubscribe send a message <to: [log in to unmask]> * * with <subject: subscribe/unsubscribe> and no text in the body. * ************************************************************************ *** * If you are having a problem with the IPC TechNet forum please contact * * Dmitriy Sklyar at 847-509-9700 ext. 311 or email at [log in to unmask] * ************************************************************************ *** *************************************************************************** * TechNet mail list is provided as a service by IPC using SmartList v3.05 * *************************************************************************** * To subscribe/unsubscribe send a message <to: [log in to unmask]> * * with <subject: subscribe/unsubscribe> and no text in the body. * *************************************************************************** * If you are having a problem with the IPC TechNet forum please contact * * Dmitriy Sklyar at 847-509-9700 ext. 311 or email at [log in to unmask] * ***************************************************************************