Risk of Halogen

Halogen Group Material

Halogen group materials are listed as Flourine(F), Chlorine (Cl), Brome (Br), Iodine (I) and usually used as flame retardants on packing material in semiconductor industry.

Harmfulness and Need to substitution

• -Cause noxious material like dioxin, difuran when flame and provoke environmental hormone stacking in human body
• Also knwon well that F,Cl,Br destroy ozone layer when exposured in the air
• It is needed to substitute because it is expected to make regulation from EU and Japan

International Standard of Halogen free regulation

• JPCA(Japan Electronics Packaging and Cirtuits Association) JPCA-ES-01-1999 defines criteria and method for "halogen-free"
  • Br < 0.09wt%(900ppm), CI < 0.09wt%(900ppm)
• IEC(International Electrotechnical Commission) Finalized requirements of IEC 61249-2-21:
  • 900ppm maximum CI, 900ppm maximum Br
  • 1500 ppm maximum total halogens
• IPC - 4101B has adopted the IEC definition of halogen-free
  • 900ppm maximum CI, 900ppm maximum Br
  • 1500ppm maximum total halogens
• Note: fluorine, iodine, and astatine (other Group VIIA halogens) are not restricted in the industy definition of "halogen-free."

Mass Production Status

Identification of Halogen Free Product

• First part number is changed to identify as below, finally green product mark will be changed.
• It is possible to refer to detail part number of part number decoder on the website.