Re: RoHS => tin whiskers?

Hello Graham,


Maybe hollywood should start with lead free western movies .. :-)


Possibly the end of the Italian Western...


Anyway, is the lead-ban the only one causeing critical problems?
I don't hear anything about the other banned materials.

Cadmium is required in CdS and CdSe photocells.


Isn't there an exemption for CdS cells already on the books? Somehow I have a hunch that there will be tens of thousands of exemptions over the next decade, plus tons of electronics on European landfills because of premature failure. For the industry that might not be all that bad because they get to sell the average citizen a new stereo every few years. Yet they could claim that 'tis not their fault.

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Regards, Joerg

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