[Milsurplus] Germanium diodes

[elden meyer]

Germanium transistors in early auto radios were
subject to failure from re-diffusion:

http://www.ecse.rpi.edu/~schubert/Course-Teaching-modules/A27-Silicon-versus-germanium---A-historical-perspective.pdf

Time and heat can have the same effect on diodes.



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