A quick comment on RoHS

I am still trying to catch up on my IPC TechNet list, IPC LeadFree list, and ROHSUSAPushback Yahoo! group reading from last October.
This will be a short post, but I did want to comment on the the discussion between Dr. Ron Lasky and John Burke regarding RoHS. Dr. Lasky wrote an article that subsequently appeared [...]

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IPC LF & TN news from late September to early October

And here are some more interesting tidbits from the IPC’s Technet & Leadfree lists, from September 29 to October 3, 2006.

There was a question about tests for hexavalent chromium. This is still a very thorny issue because RoHS bans hexavalent chromium (Cr6), but trivalent chromium (Cr3) is still okay; however, [...]

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IPC LF & TN news from late September

Once again, I’m trying to catch up on my reading on the IPC Lead-Free & TechNet discussion lists. Right now, I’m about three months (!!) and 2000 e-mails (!!!!!). Here is some news dating from September 24 to September 29.

A couple of posters noted Ireland was the most likely country to initiate the first [...]

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