Timeline for When Does Lead-Free Matter?
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| May 6, 2011 at 11:05 | comment | added | morten | Well, I guess it makes sense... There are alternatives to CdS based sensors readily available. Non-Cd phosphors are becoming available for LEDs as well, so it is possible that LEDs won't be exempt after 2014. | |
| May 5, 2011 at 20:56 | comment | added | Thomas O | Strange that LEDs using cadmium would be allowed, but CdS (cadmium sulphide) cells - arguably the simplest light sensor - are not. | |
| May 5, 2011 at 15:55 | history | edited | morten | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 5, 2011 at 15:38 | comment | added | morten | @Kortuk Yes, there is a list of exemptions including color LEDs that use phosphors containing cadmium. Products that does not have a feasible substitute can get a time limited exemption for 5-10 years it seems. | |
| May 5, 2011 at 14:16 | comment | added | Kortuk | I thought many different components like LEDs often had a waiver not requiring RoHS compliance, do you know if this is true? | |
| May 5, 2011 at 14:09 | history | answered | morten | CC BY-SA 3.0 |