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English
Etymology
- white+plague
- (tuberculosis): From the white pallor of victims of the disease
- (eletronics): From the colour of the deposits which cause electrical problems to plague devices
Noun
white plague (uncountable)
- (medicine) Tuberculosis, especially of the lungs.
- (chemistry, electronics) The white gold-aluminium intermetallic compound Au5Al2, which can be formed when gold and aluminium are heated in direct contact (for instance, at an electrical junction between gold and aluminium components).
- (electronics) The problems caused by the formation of this compound, including an increase in electrical resistance and formation of voids at the gold-aluminium junction, potentially culminating in total failure of the junction.
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