Pb-free solder: Is it reliable? (Directive Decoder)

Pb-free solder: Is it reliable?

Lead-free soldering is a complex topic.

"Confidence in Pb-free is not very high" is the view of many within the electronics industry mainly because it is technically complicated, very different to tin / lead and there is no long term field data.

However, those researchers who have spent a lot of time on this believe that lead-free solders are "probably" reliable.

Also, an increasing number of manufacturers are confident that lead-free solder reliability is OK and they would not change back to tin / lead.

What are your views?

Look forward to hearing from you.

Directive Decoder

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Gary Nevison is Farnell's spokesperson and customer interface on legislation that affects the electronics industry, such as the RoHS and WEEE Directives. As part of this, Gary has spoken extensively at RoHS seminars throughout Europe, North America and Australia. He has recently turned his attention to the developments, and impact, of China RoHS.
With over 30 years service at Farnell, he has widespread experience in the electronic components industry, Gary is an active figure in the market place, sitting on the AFDEC (Association of Franchised Distributors of Electronic Components) Council and acting as the elected chairperson for its dedicated RoHS development team.
During 2005, Gary was also chairman of the European organisation DMASS (Distributors and Manufacturers Association of Semiconductor Specialists) and today sits on the board of Electronics Yorkshire, helping local businesses.

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