Arc erosion behavior of a nanocomposite W-Cu electrical contact material

Rare Metals

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-42

  Chen, Wenge ^a,b   Kang, Zhanying ^b   Shen, Hongfang ^a   Ding, Bingjun ^b  

^a XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arc erosion; Contact materials; Nanocomposite; W Cu alloy

Indexed keywords

COPPER ALLOYS; ELECTRIC ARCS; EROSION; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TUNGSTEN ALLOYS;

ARC EROSION; ARC EXTINCTION ABILITY; CONTACT MATERIALS; NANOCOMPOSITE W-CU MATERIAL; W-CU ALLOY;

ELECTRIC CONTACTS;

EID: 33646123752     PISSN: 10010521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0521(06)60011-9     Document Type: Article

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