Vacuum heated electroless nickel plated contacts

IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 131-137

  Dervos, Constantine T ^a   Vassiliou, P ^a   Novacovich, J ^a   Kollia, C ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Connector materials; Corrosion resistance; Electrical contacts; Electroless nickel; High microhardness coatings; Vacuum heat treated

Indexed keywords

CORROSION RESISTANCE; ELECTROLESS PLATING; HARDNESS; HEAT TREATMENT; NICKEL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ELECTRICAL CONTACTS; ELECTROLESS NICKEL; HIGH MICROHARDNESS COATINGS;

ELECTRONICS PACKAGING;

EID: 2442421771     PISSN: 15213331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCAPT.2004.825775     Document Type: Article

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