The Lead-Free Magazine

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	Cleaning Agents By Tom Forsythe VP Kyzen Corporation Do lead-free solder joints always look dull? View Q&A

		GUEST COMMENTARY: David W. Bergman, CAE Vice President, Standards, Technology and International Relations, IPC "Our goal has been to assist the industry as it works towards the orderly conversion to lead free soldering." + View Commentary



			Urgency Lacking on Pb-free Mike Buetow Editor-in-chief, Circuits Assembly Magazine. + View Commentary



			*Pb-Free Soldering & Surface Mount: Parallels in Technology Implementation* Paul T. Vianco Sandia National Laboratories + View Article



			Lead-Free: Putting the Fun in Cross-Functional. Jennifer Shepherd Senior Manager of Environmental Affairs, Solectron Corporation +View Article



			Pulse Plating of Gold-Tin Alloys for Microelectronic and Optoelectronic Applications Anqiang He, Barbara Djurfors, Douglas G. Ivey Dept. Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Siamak Akhlaghi Micralyne Inc. , Edmonton, Alberta, Canada + View Article (PDF, 3MB)



			The Importance of Test and Inspection when Implementing Lead-Free Manufacturing Stig Oresjo, Robert Ling Agilent Technologies, Inc. + View Article (PDF, 248k)





			LEAD FREE SOLDERING: Implications for Barcode Labels Jim Williams Polyonics + View Article (PDF, 213k)