Electrical conduction through small contact spots

Proceedings of the 50th IEEE Holm Conference on Electrical Contacts and the 22nd International Conference on Electrical Contacts

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 184-191

  Timsit, R S ^a  

^a Timron Scientific Consulting Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Constriction resistance; Electrical contact resistance; Electrical contacts; Nanocontacts

Indexed keywords

COOLING; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CONSTRICTION RESISTANCE; ELECTRICAL CONTACT RESISTANCE; MELTING POINT; NANOCONTACTS;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 16244372754     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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