Thermal cycling induced wiping wear of connector contacts at 150°C

IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 72-78

  Leung, Chi H ^a   Lee, Anthony ^b  

^a DELPHI CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Delphi Automotive Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

Automotive connector; High temperature fretting

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; GOLD ALLOYS; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILVER ALLOYS; THERMAL CYCLING; THERMAL EXPANSION; TIN ALLOYS; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

THERMAL CYCLING INDUCED WIPING WEAR;

ELECTRIC CONTACTS;

EID: 0033316026     PISSN: 15213331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/6144.759355     Document Type: Article

References (4)

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4. Friction, Lubrication, and Wear Technology Handbook. Metals Park, OH: ASM, 1992, vol. 18, p. 3.