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 ################################################################