Somewhat OT: Long term design

Didn't you mean "Variac"

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There are some recorded instances of "tin plague" in organ pipes in unusually cold weather.

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How small of a dose, and is it contagious? ;-)

I think they predated even 'lint' by quite a bit. ::))

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They will stay put pretty well. Solid solubility at normal terrestrial=20 surface temperatures is mighty low. Micron per hour diffusion requires=20 about 2000K. And the mobility does follow the e^kt Arrhenious=20 relationship.

You could ask Jim to settle it. ;-)

Lets say that I found too many defective tantalums in broken equipment. When it comes to capacitors: electrolytics come first, tantalums next. Besides that, a lot of rain forrest is cut to get the tantalum.

John Larkin schrieb:

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you forgot the bad effect of temperature cycles at low temperatures between -60 and -10 °C. Low and constant temperatures would be better.

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Michael A. Terrell schrieb:

Hello,

there is another problem with tin at low temperatures, it may transform into another modification, the solid metal will be a powder then. In german we call it Zinnpest or tin-plague. It has destroyed some organ pipes in churches during a very cold winter. It may be avoided by using a proper alloy of tin.

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Jim Thompson schrieb:

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not only the pipes and bellows, but also the keyboards and the valves cotrolling the air to the pipes.

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John Larkin schrieb:

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rubber often does not stand for many decades, it loses flexiblity and goes hard and brittle developing cracks.

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I have also heard of it being a problem with the buttons of early 1900s=20 Russian military uniforms in very cold climates.

and the organist....