Thread: Another failure caused by tin whiskers
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Old 05-14-2008, 04:49 PM
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Well, i don't think your old CTC-53 is RoHS compliant

But even long before RoHS came along, they did use pure tin or zinc to electroplate sheetmetal parts, and those metals are highly prone to grow whiskers
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