[Boatanchors] Elderly Transistors (was gassy tubes)

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and then there is tin whiskers  whereas the tin    grows  whiskers   and 
shorts things  out.
 
Ed# _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org)  
 
 
In a message dated 12/3/2013 6:42:17 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
arc5 at ix.netcom.com writes:


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J. Forster"  <jfor at quikus.com>

> There were also problems with  inter-metallic compounds being formed.. 
> like 'Purple  Plague'.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold-aluminium_intermetallic

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