DocumentCode
969536
Title
An In Situ Method to Study Atmospheric Corrosion of Contact Material
Author
Svedung, Olof A.
Author_Institution
Chalmers University of Technology and University of Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden
Volume
9
Issue
3
fYear
1986
fDate
9/1/1986 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
300
Lastpage
303
Abstract
Contact material substrate plated with gold or palladium can be attacked by corrosion through the pores existing in the top-coat. Since the corrosion products usually are poor conductors they cause increased contact resistance. Investigations have been made by measuring the Contact resistance as a function of time in different atmospheres. This is a powerful but expensive and laborious method. An apparatus for the in situ measurement of pore corrosion based on diffuse scattering is reported here.
Keywords
Contacts; Corrosion; Laser applications, measurement; Atmosphere; Atmospheric measurements; Conducting materials; Contact resistance; Corrosion; Electrical resistance measurement; Gold; Palladium; Scattering; Time measurement;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Components, Hybrids, and Manufacturing Technology, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0148-6411
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TCHMT.1986.1136653
Filename
1136653
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