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Metal Whiskers: Failure Modes & Mitigation Strategies - NEPP - NASA

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Evidence of “Absence of <strong>Whiskers</strong>”?<br />

(Optical Microscopy)<br />

0.5-mm long tin whisker<br />

Now You See Now It…<br />

Tin-Plated Lock Washer<br />

December 5, 2007 <strong>Metal</strong> <strong>Whiskers</strong>:<br />

<strong>Failure</strong> <strong>Modes</strong> and <strong>Mitigation</strong> <strong>Strategies</strong><br />

“Slight” Change in<br />

Angle of Lighting<br />

Makes this Whisker<br />

Invisible to Optical Inspection<br />

… Now You Don’t<br />

The absence of evidence is NOT evidence of absence<br />

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