Electrical Contacts: Principles and Applications

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by: Paul G. Slade


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Covering the choice, attachment, and testing of contact materials, Electrical Contacts introduces a thorough discussion on making electric contact and contact interface conduction, presents a general outline of, and measurement techniques for, important corrosion mechanisms, discusses the results of contact wear when plug-in connections are made and broken, investigates the effect of thin noble metal plating on electronic connections, relates crucial considerations for making high- and low-power contact joints, details arcing effects on contacts including contact erosion, welding, and contamination, and contains nearly 2800 references, tables, equations, drawings, and photographs.


Table of Contents

Part 1 Contact interface conduction: basic principles

introduction to contact tarnishing and corrosion

contact corrosion. Part 2 Non arcing contact technology: high power distribution and transmission connections

low power commercial wiring, automotive and appliance connections

tribology

materials, coatings and plating. Part 3 Arcing and switching device technology: the arc and interruption

the consequences of arcing

reed switches

low current switching

medium to high current switching. Part 4 Arcing contact materials technology: material types and fabrication technology

contact construction and attachment

material performance evaluation test methods

arc interactions with contaminants. Part 5 Sliding electrical contacts: sliding electrical contacts fundamentals

illustrative modern brush applications

slip ring contacts for instrumentation

fibre contacts

appendix

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