[Boatanchors] SOLDER (the Real Stuff) ((Off topic?))

[Glen Zook]

The chemical / electrical reactions are different.  However, the results are similar.  When I was the Senior Engineering Administrator in the Process Division at Collins Radio here in Richardson, Texas (1967 - 1969), the purple plague was a major problem in the thin films that were being manufactured for use at Sandia Base out in New Mexico (nuclear purposes).

Glen, K9STH

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--- On Mon, 12/22/08, J Forster <jfor at quik.com> wrote:

From: J Forster <jfor at quik.com>

Tin whiskers and "purple plague" are different things:
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_plague