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- From: then@vipunen.hut.fi (Tomi H Engdahl)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Solder melting point (was Re: How hot can the 486-50 cpu run ?)
- Message-ID: <THEN.92Aug19211705@vipunen.hut.fi>
- Date: 19 Aug 92 20:17:05 GMT
- References: <1992Aug13.022914.1563@ariel.ec.usf.edu> <17AUG92.09220477@wl.aecl.ca>
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- In-Reply-To: dana@locus.com's message of 18 Aug 92 15:12:05 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug18.151205.2809787@locus.com> dana@locus.com (Dana H. Myers) writes:
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- >I don't have a reference handy, but I recall that solder melts at a lower
- >temp than 400 C. I mean, 400C is 750 deg F.
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- My reference says that the solder melts in temperatures between 188C and
- 220C. For eaxample Multicore 60/40 melts at 188C. Multcore Savbit melts at
- 215C.
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- >I can imagine the 486-50 running at 100-120 C, but not 400 C, even briefly.
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- I think that over 200C is too high for silicon chips.
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