Effect of a third doping agent to Ag-Pd alloy on the formation of oxide films grown on the surface

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E81-C, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 369-375

  Tamai, Terutaka ^a   Ohsaki, Hiroshi ^a   Kawano, Tetsushi ^a   Takano, Ichiro ^b  

^a HYOGO UNIVERSITY OF TEACHER EDUCATION   (Japan)

^b KOGAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ag Pd alloy; Contact resistance; Doping with Mg and Cr; Micro relay

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC CONTACTS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; FILM GROWTH; MAGNESIUM; OXIDES; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CONTACT RESISTANCE; MICRO RELAY;

SILVER ALLOYS;

EID: 0032023448     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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