Re: Lead Free (was Re: CD MMC caps from DigiKey...)

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Original poster: Ed Phillips <evp@xxxxxxxxxxx>


> The Radio Shack stuff is a nice trial price so I will pick so up and 
> give it a try.  I think 96/4 comes from the stained glass industry.
> Typically, electronics stuff should not have silver in it due to a 
> nasty thing known as silver migration.  But I don't think that is a 
> big deal for the hobbyist types.  The military and the medical stuff 
> will have big heart burn over the silver however!"

   Tektronix used to(ca 1960)  use silver-plated ceramic terminal 
boards and always included some silver-bearing solder inside the 
scope for making repairs.  Apparently regular solder without silver 
could dissolve the pad and render it useless.

Ed