I beleive the gold is more porus than HASL, and therefore would not withstand the sea air as well as HASL. You could build the product with a no-clean paste, and they say once the left over residue has cured it acts like a conformal coat. Good Luck, Kathy Palumbo > ---------- > From: Evan Jones[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Thursday, February 26, 1998 10:18 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [TN] corrosivity HASL v GOLD > > One of our Engineers has asked me to pass on a question. How does the > corrosion > resistance of Electroless gold over Nickel (gold thickness of around > 7 > microinch) compare to horizontal HASL? The target environment is a > marine type > environment (salt spray). The customer does not wish to conformally > coat the > end product. If anyone has any experience or data in this area I would > be most > grateful. > > Regards Evan > > Evan Jones > Manufacturing Engineer > Bluegum Technology > Ph 61 3 5720 2539 Fax 61 3 5720 2412 > Email [log in to unmask] > > ################################################################ > TechNet E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV > 1.8c > ################################################################ > To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with > following text in the body: > To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TechNet <your full name> > To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TechNet > ################################################################ > Please visit IPC web site (http://jefry.ipc.org/forum.htm) for > additional information. > For the technical support contact Dmitriy Sklyar at [log in to unmask] or > 847-509-9700 ext.311 > ################################################################ > ################################################################ TechNet E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ################################################################ To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TechNet <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TechNet ################################################################ Please visit IPC web site (http://jefry.ipc.org/forum.htm) for additional information. For the technical support contact Dmitriy Sklyar at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.311 ################################################################