• DocumentCode
    1315446
  • Title

    Failure by the Processes of Nucleation and Growth

  • Author

    Yost, F.G. ; Hall, I.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Division 2151//Sandia Laboratories//Albuquerque, New Mexico 87115 USA
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1976
  • fDate
    4/1/1976 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    45
  • Lastpage
    48
  • Abstract
    Failure of products due to the combined processes of nucleation and growth of deleterious phases is discussed and categorized. Reliability predictions are made for both catastrophic and progressive failure. The technique is very general and relates the thermodynamic and kinetic data of the failure mechanism to product lifetime. Measurements of nucleation and growth rates might result in savings of product test-time and money.
  • Keywords
    Conductivity; Contact resistance; Differential equations; Embryo; Failure analysis; Kinetic theory; Nuclear measurements; Physics; Testing; Thermodynamics; Failure mechanism theory; Nucleation & growth; Reliability physics theory; Thermodynamics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9529
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TR.1976.5214957
  • Filename
    5214957
    • Link To Document
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