On the use of ceramic PVD coatings to replace metallic coatings in electrical contacts

Surface and Coatings Technology

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 270-278

  Kassman Rudolphi, Åsa ^a   Jacobson, Staffan ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COATING TECHNIQUES; COPPER; DEFORMATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRETTING CORROSION; OXIDES; SILVER; SURFACE TREATMENT; VAPOR DEPOSITION;

FRETTING CONTACTS; METALLIC COATINGS;

CERAMIC COATINGS;

EID: 0031097232     PISSN: 02578972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0257-8972(96)02931-3     Document Type: Article

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