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February 9, 2012
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What Is the Ideal Humidity for PCB Assembly?
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How would the temperature and humidity differing from the recommended affect the solderability of circuit board assemblies?
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I am correct to say that the temperature and humidity recommended here is more for assembly done using reflow process where paste is involved? What about manual soldering where solder wire, flux and soldering irons are used? Will the temperature and humidity values be the same?

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