Experiment 6: Simulation of Whisker Growth

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Experiment 6: Simulation of Whisker Growth

Simulation of Tin Whisker Growth

UPDATED VIDEO 11/05/02
The following movie was created using "MORPHER" software. Actual photographs of tin whiskers growing on bright tin plated brass substrates (with a copper flash applied prior to tin plating) were photographed at various intervals of time by NASA GSFC using Scanning Electron Microscopy. The MORPHER software program was used to interpolate the growth changes in the whisker from the discrete photos thus producing a movie that "simulates" the growth of the whisker.

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Responsible NASA Officials: Michael Sampson/NASA GSFC Code 306 Dr. Henning Leidecker/NASA GSFC Code 562	Additional Researchers: Jong Kadesch/Orbital Sciences Corp. Jay Brusse/QSS Group, Inc.	Last Updated: April 20, 2005
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