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Tiny 'Tin Whiskers' Imperil Electronics

By JORDAN ROBERTSON, AP Technology Writer, Technology / Engineering
Henning Leidecker a chief parts engineer with NASA Goddard looks at an electrical relay that has grown tin whiskers in Greenbelt MD on Friday Sept. 28 2007.  Tin Whiskers are tiny tin strands that sprout without warning from tin finish or solder shor ...
Henning Leidecker, a chief parts engineer with NASA Goddard, looks at an electrical relay that has grown tin whiskers in Greenbelt, MD on Friday, Sept. 28, 2007. Tin Whiskers are tiny tin strands that sprout without warning from tin finish or solder, short-circuiting electronics. By some estimates, they've caused as much as $10 billion in damage since they were first noticed in the 1940s. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

(AP) -- They've ruined missiles, silenced communications satellites and forced nuclear power plants to shut down. Pacemakers, consumer gadgets and even a critical part of a space shuttle have fallen victim.




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