# The stochastic growth of metal whiskers

Source: [The stochastic growth of metal whiskers](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa36101e209131ce8a6e1a>)

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Authors: Biswas Subedi, Dipesh Niraula, Victor G. Karpov

Published: 2017-05-11T17:02:25.000Z

## Abstract

The phenomenon of spontaneously growing metal whiskers (MW) raises significant reliability concerns due to its related arcing and shorting in electric equipment. The growth kinetics of MW remains poorly predictable. Here we present a theory describing the earlier observed intermittent growth of MW as caused by local energy barriers related to variations in the random electric fields generated by surface imperfections. We find the probabilistic distribution of MW stopping times, during which MW growth halts, which is important for reliability projections.

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## Original sources and implementation

[Original paper](<https://arxiv.org/abs/1705.04270>)

[PDF](<https://arxiv.org/pdf/1705.04270.pdf>)