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solder prices about to jack?
SithMaster:
And so underground lead based solder market was born.
Ed_McCarron:
--- Quote from: HarumaN on March 11, 2008, 05:04:23 pm ---Isn't the 'replacement' solder tin-based? This also adds a potential for shorts from the growth of tin-whiskers. :hissy:
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On the scale most of us will be soldering on, whiskers are not a problem.
Microcircuitry? Problem.
The gov't got special permission to continue using lead, as have aerospace cos. that make satellite parts...
SavannahLion:
--- Quote from: Ed_McCarron on March 12, 2008, 09:23:59 pm ---The gov't got special permission to continue using lead, as have aerospace cos. that make satellite parts...
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Sure thing hoss, might want to let NASA know about it though. ;) ;D
Ed_McCarron:
--- Quote from: SavannahLion on March 13, 2008, 03:32:13 am ---
--- Quote from: Ed_McCarron on March 12, 2008, 09:23:59 pm ---The gov't got special permission to continue using lead, as have aerospace cos. that make satellite parts...
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Sure thing hoss, might want to let NASA know about it though. ;) ;D
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Heh.
Regurgitated link for perusal: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-171140850.html
(Hey, I read it on the net... Must be true...)
knave:
I find this pretty interesting...but won't really notice for a long while.
I picked up a shoebox full of assorted solder at an estate sale. It's probably enough to outlast me. (Wonder if my kids will sell it when I am gone?)
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