Fascinating, as are the comments following the article. The removal of metallic lead from
electronics that should be recycled anyway, in return for a large increase in failures,
does not seem to me to be a good deal for civilization (some of the comments mentioned the
removal of lead from gasoline, which in contrast was a very good decision).
There should be a name for the irrational fear of tiny quantities of substances that would
be harmful only in large amounts -- like RF, to give another example.
No, I will not answer outraged personal emails on this subject!
On 12/10/2012 1:08 AM, VK1OO wrote:
All,
Over the years there has been the odd thread about "tin-whiskers", so the following may
be of interest.
http://phys.org/news/2012-12-doctoral-student-unravels-tin-whisker.html
Mike
VK1OO
K2#2599
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Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/
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