Fretting behaviour of various intermetallic compounds in electrical contacts: Influence on reliability

Wear

Volumn 271, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 1515-1523

  Noel S ^a   Correia, S ^a   Alamarguy, D ^a   Gendre, P ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b PEM Siaugues Saint Romain ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Electrical contact resistance; Fretting; Intermetallic; Tin; Wear

Indexed keywords

AFTER-HEAT TREATMENT; COMPOSITION PROFILE; DIFFERENT STRUCTURE; ELECTRICAL CONTACT RESISTANCE; ELECTRICAL CONTACTS; ELECTRONIC DEVICE; ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES; FAILURE MECHANISM; FRETTING; FRETTING BEHAVIOUR; NEEDLE SHAPE; NUMBER OF CYCLES; PHYSICOCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; TIN COATING; TIN LAYERS; TRIBOLOGICAL BEHAVIOUR; UNDERLAYERS;

COATINGS; COBALT; COBALT COMPOUNDS; CONTACT RESISTANCE; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; FRETTING CORROSION; SOLDERING ALLOYS; TIN; TIN ALLOYS;

INTERMETALLICS;

EID: 79960677815     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2010.12.041     Document Type: Article

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