Homebrew PCBs

On Mon, 21 Nov 2005, Ron wrote:

> Apart from the melting points, one of the things that has me really
> concerned is tin pest. For most projects its probably not a big issue,
> as few will see the outdoors or temperatures much below room
> temperature. I would tend to think that either of those solders would
> be subject to failure if exposed to low temperature (below 13 deg C)
> due to tin pest. The silver version might be a bit better than the tin
> copper version.

Tin whiskers also concern me, especially as more of us delve into
surface-mount components for our homebrews.

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David Griffith
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