Coz the paper gives a function for extrapolating from these tests. This is purely testing thermal decay.
reply10,000 years sounds like a good benchmark and isn't as obviously ridiculous as saying a million years at 260°C
It's common to perform longevity testing at higher temperatures to simulate longer lifetimes, in account of nobody has decades of time to actually perform a 1x time test.
replyI wonder if "damp" modes of decay could still damage them though, which isn't captured in this style of testing. Like some wet chemical or biological process.
replyMechanical decay would also damage them. I think it’s assumed that the media will be stored in a place protected from humidity, chemicals and hammers.
replyYes I suppose a strong casing can protect against all that, but not against temperature so that's the one thing they still need to test for.
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