Try -- Http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Ron_Iman Look under Circuit Card Assembly and Materials Task Force Report. It contains information on both Alternate Surface Finishes and Conformal Coatings. Good Luck - Hope there is some helpful information for you. Semper Fi Tom >---------- >From: Nate Natzke[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] >Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 1998 12:25 AM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: [TN] New alternative surface finishes > >TechNet, > >As we all know HASL has been the work horse in the industry for several >years as an excellent surface finish. > >We are in the process of evaluating alternative surface finishes: > >1.) Florida CirTech's OMIKRON process(Tin) >2.) Alpha Metal's Alpha Level >3.) DEXTER's product > >I would greatly appreciate any and all feed back as it pertains to any >alternatives to HASL. Your responces would be greatly appreciated. >Please keep in mind the following items: > >1.) SIR Testing >2.) Electromigration >3.) Solder Wettability >4.) Heat Cycling >5.) Aging Test >6.) Reworkablity >7.) Ionic Contamination >8.) Personal experience!!!!!! > >Thank you for your responses, > >Nate Natzke >[log in to unmask] > >Tri-Star Engineered Products, Inc. >351 Thor Place >Brea, CA 92821 > >Phone: (714) 671-1545 >Fax: (714) 671-1124 > >################################################################ >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 ################################################################