| Committee Charter |
This Task Group will gather data on corrosion of metals used in electronic assemblies with the intent to establish a long-term predictive test method and model. The conditions of the current 'mixed flowing gas' corrosion resistance test method are unable to predict product life and reproduce failure mechanisms in real world environments. The need for a new or modified test method is also prompted by the increasingly corrosive environments to which electronics are being subjected. NOTE: The corrosive environments to be studied by this group will focus on gaseous-based corrosion (gases, moisture vapor and particulate matter suspended in the atmosphere). Strictly solid-solid and solid-liquid contact mechanisms will not be addressed as causes of corrosion by this task group, at this time. |
