What is a RoHS compliant product? Or, what is RoHS?

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meirman wrote:
Or, what is RoHS?

"DIRECTIVE 2002/95/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 27 January 2003 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous
substances in electrical and electronic equipment"

or Restriction of Hazardous Substances for short.

http://www.dti.gov.uk/sustainability/pdfs/finalrohs.pdf
http://www.pb-free.info/laymans_terms.htm

Sander

In sci.electronics.repair on Wed, 07 Sep 2005 23:04:44 +0200 Sander
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meirman wrote:
Or, what is RoHS?

"DIRECTIVE 2002/95/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 27 January 2003 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous
substances in electrical and electronic equipment"

or Restriction of Hazardous Substances for short.

Thanks a lot.

My brother once asked me what Hazmat meant. That one I knew.


http://www.dti.gov.uk/sustainability/pdfs/finalrohs.pdf
http://www.pb-free.info/laymans_terms.htm

Sander


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RoHS restricts the amount of lead and other hazardous substances in
electronic and electromechanical products placed on the market in
Europe effective July 1, 2006.

While much media attention has focused on getting the lead (Pb) out of
electronic products, RoHS also restricts five other hazardous
substances, including mercury (Hg), cadmium (Cd), hexavalent chromium
(CR6/CR(VI)), polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) and polybrominated
diphenyl ethers (PDBE).

For more info, visit Allied's RoHS Knowledge Center at:
http://RoHS.alliedelec.com