Experimental results on operating characteristics of Ag, Pd and Cu contacts in nitrogen atmosphere

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E83-C, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1385-1393

  Hasegawa, Makoto ^a   Makimoto, Jiro ^a   Minoura, Naoki ^a   Sawa, Koichiro ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arc; Contact resistance; Nitrogen atmosphere

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CATHODES; COPPER; ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; MORPHOLOGY; NITROGEN; PALLADIUM; SILVER; SURFACES; TEMPERATURE;

ANODE MASS CHANGE; CATHODE MASS CHANGE; CONTACT RESISTANCE; COPPER CONTACTS; DC LOAD CURRENT; PALLADIUM CONTACTS;

ELECTRIC CONTACTS;

EID: 0034268373     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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