Re: SSD TBW

On 8/23/2026 8:20 PM, Eli the Bearded wrote:
> In comp.misc, Scott Dorsey <[email protected]> wrote:
>> She should have used coca-cola.  I worked years ago at a hospital where
>> someone had spilled cola into an HP2626 terminal and left it over the
>> weekend.  There were large sections of the board where the traces were
>> completely dissolved.
> 
> I was just reading about someone who lost a circuit board to Monster
> Energy today. I gather it destroyed the board itself, not just the
> traces.
> 
> Apparently it was left all weekend in the footwell of a car with the
> spilt beverage. Possibly there was other stuff in the soup.
Carbonated beverages often contain phosphoric acid:

Phosphoric acid (H₃PO₄) is a clear, odorless inorganic acid most commonly used 
to make fertilizers, add a sour or tangy taste to sodas and foods, and remove 
rust from metals. Pure phosphoric acid is a solid, but it is usually sold as an 
85% liquid