[tinwhiskers] NASA Metal Whisker Site Updated

From: "Bob Landman" <rlandman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'\(Leadfree Electronics Assembly Forum\)'" <Leadfree@xxxxxxx>, <tinwhiskers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 12:37:03 -0500

Just received this from NASA - anecdote #9 is very interesting

This anecdote describes the observations of tin whisker formation on tin-plated 
copper bus bars installed in power distribution equipment at a large paper mill 
in Sweden.  The tin whiskers are suspected to have contributed to the formation 
of metal vapor arcs within the equipment resulting in significant damage and 
downtime on at least three separate occasions (1997, 2000, 2009) at this mill.

Bob Landman
H&L Instruments, LLC

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Please feel free to forward the following to your whisker distribution lists 
and related fan clubs.

The NASA Tin Whisker and Other Metal Whisker www site has been updated 
recently.  The main updates include augmentation of the Photo Gallery and 
Anecdotes pages.

http://nepp.nasa.gov/whisker/photos/index.html

http://nepp.nasa.gov/whisker/anecdote/index.html

As always, questions, comments and contributions are appreciated.

Sincerely,

Jay Brusse
Sr. Components Engineer
Dell Perot Systems at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
301-286-2019
301-286-9778 (fax)

[tinwhiskers] NASA Metal Whisker Site Updated

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