Jul 16, 2013 17:05
10 yrs ago
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German term

Brückenbildung

German to English Tech/Engineering Electronics / Elect Eng Cleaning of electronic parts during manufacture
Verbleibende Rückstände auf dem Reinigungsgut, z. B. auf elektronischen Baugruppen, können dann im späteren Feldeinsatz zu Ausfällen führen. Zu nennen sind an dieser Stelle vor allem Kriechströme und eine daraus entstehende *Brückenbildung* (Abb.1).

Abb. 1: Brückenbildung zwischen zwei Verbindungskontakten aufgrund von unzureichender Reinigung, angefärbt über einen Flux Test.

Besides the obvious "bridge forming", is there another word for it??
Proposed translations (English)
3 short circuit
3 +1 arching/bridging effect

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short circuit

Link #1 says:
A short circuit (sometimes abbreviated to short or s/c) is an electrical circuit that allows a current to travel along an unintended path, often where essentially no (or a very low) electrical impedance is encountered.

Link #2 says:
A low-resistance connection established by accident or intention between two points in an electric circuit. The current tends to flow through the area of low resistance, bypassing the rest of the circuit.

I would say that this describes your situation perfectly.

I know, German has "Kurzschluss" but your wording fits this to a 'T'.
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arching/bridging effect

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Note added at 19 mins (2013-07-16 17:25:06 GMT)
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bridging
Peer comment(s):

agree philgoddard : 'Solder bridging" gets lots of hits - misapplied solder creating electrical connections.
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Ok, thanks, philgoddard!
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