Nanosized heterogeneous coatings of reed switch contacts on the base of iron and nickel nitrides

Author

Arushanov, K.A. ; Gololobov, G.P. ; Zeltser, I.A. ; Karabanov, S.M. ; Suvorov, D.V.

Author_Institution

Ryazan State Radio Eng. Univ., Ryazan, Russia

fYear

2014

fDate

12-15 Oct. 2014

Firstpage

116

Lastpage

119

Abstract

Paper shows results of the experimental researches of nanosized heterogeneous coatings of reed switch contacts on the base of iron and nickel nitrides. The process of the coating formation under the impact of plasma treatment of the contact surfaces under conditions of the hermetically sealed reed switch with nitrogen atmosphere is described. It is showed that nanosized heterogeneous Fe_nN and Ni_nN contact coatings with thickness about 20-25 nanometers are formed within the treatment process. Life time tests have shown that these nitride coatings provide increase of reed switch life time in 1.5-2 orders in comparison with reed switches without contact coatings.

Keywords

coatings; electrical contacts; hermetic seals; iron compounds; nanostructured materials; nickel compounds; plasma materials processing; reed relays; Fe_nN; Ni_nN; coating formation process; contact surfaces; hermetically sealed reed switch conditions; nanosized heterogeneous iron nitride contact coating; nanosized heterogeneous nickel nitride contact coating; nitrogen atmosphere; plasma treatment; reed switch contacts; reed switch lifetime; Abstracts; Atomic layer deposition; Atomic measurements; Generators; Iron; Surface treatment; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference (NMDC), 2014 IEEE 9th

Conference_Location

Aci Castello

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NMDC.2014.6997436

Filename

6997436