Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 22 09:07:22 EDT 2008 | blnorman
Sulfur is probably the culprit. Board supplier should be providing boards with anti-tarnish sheets between the individual boards. Also, cardboard is a major source of sulfur and so boards should not be shipped in cardboard.
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 04 12:38:25 EDT 2008 | blnorman
Avoid cardboard boxes as well. They are sulfur bearers, and silver has an affinity to form silver sulfide.
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