There have been mixed reviews. I am aware of one company which is in the process of completing a 1000 unit evaluation. In the past, I have noted some solderability issues, and while addressing that found one interesting fundamental property: The solution temperature of Pd into eutectic Solder on a phase diagram is 231øC. Once we stumbled upon that information, all investigations were stopped. Regards, Allen _______________________________________________________________________________ Subject: ASSY:ALTERNATIVES TO HASL From: [log in to unmask] at ftl03 Date: 3/27/97 6:33 PM DOES ANYONE KNOW ABOUT THE ADVANTAGES / DISADVANTAGES OF USING NiPd AS AN=20= ALTERNATIVE TO HASL. I'M LOOKING FOR A FLATTER PAD SURFACE AND HIGHER YEILD= FROM MY FINE PITCH. *************************************************************************** * 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] * ***************************************************************************