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My note was not at all about lead-free hate, actually, since several years, everyone in EU (and I believe in US as well) has been using lead-free solder (ROHS is 2003, if I recall correctly).

As you say it is just a matter of slightly increasing the soldering iron temperature, but it doesn't end there and there may be issues further on (JFYI):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whisker_(metallurgy)

It seems like lead-free alloys tend to be more problematic in these - fortunately rare - cases.

But because it is more than 15 years that ROHS came in force, I read in 2019 "and I made it lead-free" like I would read "and I buckled my safety belt" or "I put my helmet on", etc. I see it as "the normal" way, nothing worth a mention (nowadays).




I took a quick look at a rework station in an aeronautic company in France, all leaded solder.


>I took a quick look at a rework station in an aeronautic company in France, all leaded solder.

Very possible, there are a number of (pretty much wide) exemptions even in the last version:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/rohs-compliance-and-guidance#wha...


I've heard about whiskers, but isn't it a mostly solved problem now with low Ag alloys like SAC0307?




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