Lead-Free Soldering is written as a practical reference guide for engineers scrambling to meet the requirements of and push toward lead-free components and in turn lead-free soldering in computers, cell phones and other electronic assemblies. This task has taken on greater urgency worldwide but especially in the European Union with the implementation of the Requirements of Hazardous Substances (RoHS), that will go into effect on July 1, 2006 and with pending implementation of laws in China and California.