Charles A. Harper
Editor in Chief
Technology Seminars, Inc.
Lutherville, Maryland

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Electronic materials and processes handbook / Charles A. Harper, editor in chief 3rd ed.
p.cm. (Electronic packaging and interconnection series)
Rev. Ed. of: Electronic materials and processes handbook, 2nd ed. 1994.
ISBN 0-07-140214-4 (alk. paper)
1. Electronics Materials Handbooks, manuals, etc.2. Electronic apparatus and
appliances Materials Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Harper, Charles A. II. Electronic
materials and processes handbook. III. Series.
TA7836.E4654 2003
621.381 dc21
2003046353
CIP

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