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- Organization: Queen's University at Kingston
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 23:29:31 EST
- From: <LEEK@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
- Message-ID: <92352.232931LEEK@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: Handling CMOS
- References: <Dec10.210537.30773@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>
- <1992Dec11.211003.22990@pts1.pts.mot.com>
- <1992Dec14.120707.13760@eng.cam.ac.uk>
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- In article <1992Dec14.120707.13760@eng.cam.ac.uk>, cmh@eng.cam.ac.uk (C.M.
- Hicks) says:
-
- [stuff about static prevention deleted]
-
- >sockets :-? BTW, conductive foam is much more usable than foil.
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
- I hope that's not the same stuff as the graphite foam stuff...
- (You know that black spongy stuff.) I remember see the picture of IC
- pins being corroded away in those foams after a few years (close to 10)
- in QST.
-
- I don't know what caused that. It might due to chemical action. A
- little bit of moisture, a bit of salt spray or something and 2 different
- metal -> instant chemical cell. I would say definitely keep the chips
- away from moisture.
-
- > Christopher Hicks | If it doesn't fit...
- > cmh@uk.ac.cam.eng | ...you need a bigger hammer.
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- K. C. Lee :)
- Elec. Eng. Grad. Student (Mass of electron is 0.5Kg +/- 1Kg )
-