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Default Wrong kind of tinning?

On 01/12/2015 14:00, N_Cook wrote:
Pure tin tinning on a component which should have had derogated Pb/Sn
tinning? The normal RoHS cheap component getting into the premium priced
aerospace/military/medical traditional-solder product stream?

"The problem was related to a cracked solder joint caused by exposure to
extreme temperatures."
http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...-investigators


technical report on
http://aviation-safety.net/
I've only keyword searched (solder,sn,pb) but amazingly I find no
reference to chemical testing of the solder or what type of solder in
the product manifests.