Morphological study of silver corrosion in highly aggressive sulfur environments

Daniel Minzari, Morten Stendahl Jellesen, Per Møller, Rajan Ambat

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    Abstract

    A silicone coated power module, having silver conducting lines, showed severe corrosion, after prolonged use as part of an electronic device in a pig farm environment, where sulfur containing corrosive gasses are known to exist in high amounts. Permeation of sulfur gasses and humidity through the silicone coating to the interface has resulted in three corrosion types namely: uniform corrosion, conductive anodic filament type of Ag2S growth, and silver migration with subsequent formation of sulfur compounds. Detailed morphological investigation of new and corroded power modules was carried out, and possible theoretical explanation for various corrosion mechanisms has been attempted.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalEngineering Failure Analysis
    Volume18
    Issue number8
    Pages (from-to)2126-2136
    ISSN1350-6307
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2011

    Keywords

    • Coating failures
    • Electronic-device failures
    • Corrosion
    • Failure analysis

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