摘要 |
A coating is formed by depositing the coating on a metallic feature at a deposition temperature. Subsequently, the deposited coating and the metallic feature are cooled below the deposition temperature. The coating is chosen such that this cooling step causes the coating to induce a tensile stress in the metallic feature sufficient to substantially suppress the growth of metallic whiskers on that metallic feature. The coating thereby acts to suppress the growth of metallic whiskers.
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