News tagged with tin whiskers
Cassini plasma spectrometer resumes operations
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Cassini plasma spectrometer instrument (CAPS) aboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft at Saturn has resumed operations. Mission managers received confirmation on Friday, March 16, that it was ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 19, 2012 |
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Why they grow? Getting to the roots of lethal metal whiskers
(PhysOrg.com) -- A short circuit can be quite hairy: satellites have failed, a NASA computer centre was repeatedly paralysed and the US public heath authority recalled thousands of pacemakers - all because ...
Sep 29, 2009 |
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New research shows why metal alloys degrade
(PhysOrg.com) -- Metal alloys can fail unexpectedly in a wide range of applications -- from jet engines to satellites to cell phones—and new research from the University of Michigan helps to explain why.
Sep 24, 2008 |
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Smaller is stronger -- now scientists know why
As structures made of metal get smaller -- as their dimensions approach the micrometer scale (millionths of a meter) or less -- they get stronger. Scientists discovered this phenomenon 50 years ago while measuring ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jan 02, 2008 |
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Researchers Seeking Cure for Electronics-Killing Whiskers
Environmental groups around the world have been campaigning for years to replace lead-containing solders and protective layers on electronic components with non-hazardous metals and alloys. In response, the ...
Physics /
Nov 17, 2005 |
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