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No Access Submitted: 19 August 1966 Published Online: 30 November 2004

  • GROWTH OF WHISKER CRYSTALS AND RELATED MORPHOLOGIES BY ELECTROTRANSPORT

Appl. Phys. Lett. 9, 263 (1966); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1754742
R. W. Berry, G. M. Bouton, W. C. Ellis, and D. E. Engling
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  • Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc., Allentown, Pennsylvania and Murray Hill, New Jersey
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  • R. W. Berry
  • G. M. Bouton
  • W. C. Ellis
  • D. E. Engling
ABSTRACT
Whisker crystals and related filamentary and spherical shapes grow at the solder terminations of thin‐film resistors when the circuits carry excessive direct current. The growths have been observed in most instances near the positive termination. With tin‐lead solder the growths at the positive termination are predominantly tin. Whisker crystals are often single. Studies show that electrotransport plays a role in the growth.

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