Corrosion effects on the electrical performance of silver metal contacts

Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 85-94

  Vassiliou, Panayota ^a   Dervos, Constantine T ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Corrosion; Metal contacts; Silver

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; BRASS; CORROSION; ELECTRIC ACCIDENTS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY STORAGE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILVER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUBSTRATES; WELDING;

CURRENT SWITCHING CYCLE TESTS; TEMPERATURE OVERHEAT TESTS;

ELECTRIC CONTACTS;

ATMOSPHERIC CORROSION; CONTACT; CORROSION; ELECTRICITY; SALINITY; SILVER;

EID: 0032817009     PISSN: 00035599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00035599910263152     Document Type: Article

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