journal article·2025-08

Effects of grain boundary geometry on rotation-induced Sn whisker formation during thermal cycling

Congying Wang, Xiaorong Cai, Marisol Koslowski, John Blendell, Carol Handwerker

Materials Letters· Volume 392
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