Lead-Free Soldering offers in a single volume a broad collection of practical techniques for lead free soldering design and manufacture, which up to now have been scattered in difficult-to-find scholarly sources. The book includes the latest information on proposed changes to lead free standards and up-to-date analysis of government and legislative activities and regulations in North America, Europe and Asia. Written by recognized experts in both academia and industry, Lead-Free Soldering is a must-have guide for practicing engineers interested in the latest developments surrounding areas such as lead free alloy properties, reflow, wave, rework, solder joint reliability, PCB laminates and surface finishes, and backward and forward compatibility. Edited by Jasbir Bath and published by Springer in 2007. 299 pages. Released July 2007.