> Technetters - I know someone has this information at their fingertips. > I'm in an argument with someone about a socket, and I have to prove that > a gorilla would have to stand on the part to shear the solder joints > holding the socket on the board (it's a PGA component). Can someone > tell me the shear strength of solder? I'm going to construct a very > crude mathematical model. I wish I could help you but I can't. Wouldn't the data depend on the size and weight of said gorilla? You ought to see the mental image I have of this! ;-) JoAnn L. Amerson Design Librarian Red Lion Controls, Inc. E-mail: [log in to unmask] Voice: (717) 767-6961 ext 6308 ################################################################ 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 ################################################################