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Electronic News, 6/8/2006 - What’s Next for Solder?

Europe's environmental regulations have forced lead out of solder for most applications, except for a few exemptions, making a review of soldering techniques necessary....

The new solder alloy may be one of more than 100 possible alloy candidates that have been proposed and evaluated. None, unfortunately, are “drop in” alternatives. The most popular lead-free alloys melt at about 40 degrees Celsius higher than tin/lead solders. The most widely used are based on tin, silver and copper and are often referred to as SAC alloys--SAC comes from the Latin names for tin (Sn), silver (Ag) and copper (Cu)....

http://www.reed-electronics.com/electronicnews/article/CA6341985.html