Yes, although it&#x27;s tin whiskers rather than the zinc whiskers that come from solder.  It might be the same mechanism, but the mechanism isn&#x27;t well understood yet.  Which is kind of funny, given that we&#x27;ve been smelting tin since the beginning of the Bronze Age; you&#x27;d think we&#x27;d understand it by now.<p>I thought about bringing up tin whiskers in my earlier comment, but I decided I was already going over my non-architectural surprising-failure-mode word budget. :)