Scientists at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) are helping the electronics industry move to using lead-free solder alloys by researching how the potentially damaging “tin pest” and “tin whiskers” could affect it. The NPL is one of the UK’s leading science facilities and research centres. It occupies a unique position as the UK’s National Measurement Institute . NPL has been using its expertise in the area of studying the allotropic phase transformation in tin and its alloys to measure the implications of adopting lead free solder manufacturing practices. NPL has just received funding from UK´s Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (BERR). It is committed to co-fund this work with industry support and has allocated a significant budget over a two-year period to research the problem of tin pest. Thus NPL are looking for further industrial partners. The commitment from each of the industrial partners is two payments of £2,600 for a 14 month project. Contact: chris.hunt@npl.co.uk
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