Contact resistance and fretting corrosion of lead-free alloy coated electrical contacts

Proceedings of 2004 International IEEE Conference on the Asian Green Electronics (AGEC)

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 127-135

  Wu, Ji ^a   Pecht, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; EUTECTICS; FRETTING CORROSION; HEAT TREATMENT; INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

CONTACT FORCE; CONTACT RESISTANCE; LEAD FREE SOLDERS;

SOLDERING ALLOYS;

EID: 2342527055     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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