AW: [sdiy] Anyone Seen White Antistatic Foam?!?

[Czech Martin]

AFAIK it is really just styrofoam, sometime with alu coating.
Now, this is as bad as you can get. Styrofoam is known to be a bad
source of static. A hard conducting surface to discharge will damage
parts due to very large current transients (CDM).

Susceptible parts should only come in conductive foam or carriers,
this means resistance of some MegOhms.

m.c.

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von:	Mike I. [SMTP:marmot1 at magma.ca]
> Gesendet am:	Mittwoch, 9. Mai 2001 22:15
> An:	synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl
> Betreff:	[sdiy] Anyone Seen White Antistatic Foam?!?
> 
> Hello,
> I tend to stay away from CMOS chips that are stuck into white foam 
> plastic - the kind in the see-through bubble packs that some 
> distributors have on display. Chips have been packaged like this for 
> years. Is there such a thing as white antistaic foam? This stuff looks 
> like regular styrofoam .... The reason I am asking now is that a friend 
> just got a bunch of BBD chips that arrived stuck into a block of white 
> foam. I'd rather see the black foam being used.... Any insights into 
> this mystery would be appreciated!
> Regards, Mike