The erosion and arc characteristics of Ag/CdO and Ag/SnO2 contact materials under DC break conditions

IEEE Transactions on Components Packaging and Manufacturing Technology Part A

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 404-415

  Swingler, Jonathan ^a   McBride, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DC erosion; Silver metal oxide contacts

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; EROSION; MASS TRANSFER; OXIDES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILVER; VELOCITY;

CADMIUM OXIDE; CONTACT MATERIALS; ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS; SILVER METAL OXIDES; TIN DIOXIDE;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0030242059     PISSN: 10709886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/95.536842     Document Type: Article

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