Contact transition in metal armatures

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 228-232

  Barber, J P ^a   Challita, A ^a   Maas, B ^a   Thurmond, L ^a  

^a IAP RESEARCH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - CONTACTS; METALS AND ALLOYS;

ARMATURE CONTACTS; METAL ARMATURES;

ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0025792918     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: 19410069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.101031     Document Type: Article

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