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From: john@frog.UUCP (John Woods)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: tin plating aluminum?
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Date: 5 Jan 90 21:30:00 GMT
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Is there any practical way of tin plating aluminum (i.e. Miniboxes) so that
it may be soldered?  In particular, I just got some Datak TINNIT (a solution
for tin-plating PC boards); the ad copy claimed that it "tends to plate any
metal more active than tin", so I wonder if it will work on aluminum (though
I suppose the oxide coating is likely to defeat this, and even if not, I don't
know if the resulting coat would be usable).
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John Woods, Charles River Data Systems, Framingham MA, (508) 626-1101
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