This is exactly how I remember it, they did not ban Kapton and it really had nothing to do with flexible
circuits.

Chuck

KELLY M SCHRIVER wrote:

> Hey Graham -
>
> Thanks for the addition - like you, I'm a little leery of what the "expert"
> said, or at least the words used in the media to describe what they thought he
> said.  Not that this could not have occurred, but it sounds like and awful lot
> of supposition, with no indication that supports established fact.
>
> In my recollection, the U.S. military "limited usage" rather than "banned
> usage".  There is, and has been for many years, a limitation on PTFE jacketed
> wire as a result of its cold flow charactaristics.
>
> Guess I've gotten somewhat skeptical since I've grown into geezerhood.
>
> Y'all have a fun day - Kelly
>
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