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How does radiation (radioactive) affect electronics?
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There are kinematic effects, where an atom gets displaced and creates a vacancy in the crystal. This can be caused by any form of radiation where the particle has high enough energy to unbind the atom from a lattice but these are usually rare events. Another effect is through neutron radiation, which can trigger a decay of an atom while still in the crystal and form a substitution impurity. Both will increase the resistivity of the metallic connections and dope semiconducting parts which will eventually lead to failure of the device.