Whisker woes

Tin whiskers, the hairline structure of tin that may grow spontaneously from electrical items with tin finishes, continue to confound the experts. The whiskers create conditions for electrical arcing. Indeed, the whisker can vaporize into a highly conductive plasma of tin ions capable of carrying hundreds of...

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