The effect of surface roughness, oxide film thickness and interfacial sliding on the electrical contact resistance of aluminium

Materials Science and Engineering: A

Volumn 242, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 121-128

  Crinon, E ^b   Evans, J T ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre Technique des Systèmes Navals   (France)

Author keywords

Contact resistance; Oxide film thickness; Surface roughness

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONTACTS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT; OXIDES; SPOT WELDING; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

HOLM'S CONSTRICTION RESISTANCE THEORY; OXIDE FILMS;

ALUMINUM SHEET;

EID: 0032000033     PISSN: 09215093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0921-5093(97)00508-x     Document Type: Article

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