State of the art and prospects in sliver-and copper-matrix composite electrical contact materials

W Huang, H Yu, L Wang, X Wu, C Ouyang… - Materials Today …, 2023 - Elsevier
Electrical contacts have been widely used in many fields, including electronic
communications, aerospace industries, and domestic/auto-motive appliances. To satisfy …

Corrosion, oxidation, erosion and performance of Ag/W-based circuit breaker contacts: A review

MT Kesim, H Yu, Y Sun, M Aindow, SP Alpay - Corrosion Science, 2018 - Elsevier
Ag/W composite materials have been widely utilized as electrical contacts in low voltage
circuit breakers. In this review, the corrosion, oxidation and erosion behavior of Ag/W …

Influence of heat treatment condition on the microstructure, microhardness and corrosion resistance of Ag-Sn-In-Ni-Te alloy wire

L Shao, S Zhang, L Hu, Y Wu, Y Huang, P Le, S Dai… - Materials, 2024 - mdpi.com
Ag-Sn-In-Ni-Te alloy ingots were produced through a heating–cooling combined mold
continuous casting technique; they were then drawn into wires. However, during the drawing …

Arc erosion behavior of Ag/Ti3AlC2 electrical contact materials

J Ding, WB Tian, P Zhang, M Zhang, YM Zhang… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Ti 3 AlC 2 (TAC) has the potential to replace CdO as the reinforcement in Ag matrix
for applications in electrical contacts. The arc erosion behavior of Ag/10 wt% Ti 3 AlC 2 …

Production and properties of Cu/TiO2 nano-composites

A Moghanian, F Sharifianjazi, P Abachi… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Copper matrix composites reinforced with TiO 2 particles are promising materials widely
used as contact materials due to their excellent mechanical and physical properties such as …

Effects of interfacial wettability on arc erosion behavior of Zn2SnO4/Cu electrical contacts

WJ Li, ZY Chen, H Jiang, XH Sui, CF Zhao… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Interface wettability is a vital role in directly impacting the electrical contact characteristics of
oxides/Cu-based composites under arc erosion. Exploring its influence mechanism …

Influence of fabrication technology on arc erosion of Ag/10SnO2 electrical contact materials

C Wu, Q Zhao, N Li, H Wang, D Yi, W Weng - Journal of Alloys and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Electrical contact material's properties such as processability and switching behavior is
strongly depend on the fabrication method. Here we present a study for evaluating the …