In reply to  Jed Rothwell's message of Wed, 6 Apr 2011 10:23:32 -0400:
Hi,
[snip]
>Where are the electric fields that would cause electromigration? There are
>no fields in copper pipes as far as I know.

...different metals form junctions. Two junctions at different temperatures will
form a thermocouple, and thermocouple currents can be very large in ordinary
metals (hundreds to thousands of amps).

Regards,

Robin van Spaandonk

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