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Does wisker form inside semiconductor also or do they use metals immune to that?

• hulitu 5y ago
  Yes they do but slower. In the past gold was used for wires from terminal to pads. Gold as far as i know is not so subceptible to form whiskers. But gold is expensive and now they use copper instead of gold.
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  • askvictor 5y ago
    Unfortunately, gold is also susceptible: https://nepp.nasa.gov/whisker/other_whisker/gold/index.htm https://nepp.nasa.gov/whisker/other_whisker/gold/index.htm