scholarly journals Microstructure and properties of silver based cadmium free electrical contact materials

2007 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Talijan ◽  
V. Cosovic ◽  
Jasna Stajic-Trosic ◽  
A. Grujic ◽  
Dragana Zivkovic ◽  
...  

The presented work covers part of experimental results of simultaneous study of microstructure, density, hardness and electrical conductivity of sintered electrical contact materials based of Ag- SnO2 with 8, 10 and 12 mass% SnO2. The mentioned characteristics were analyzed in the function of different sintering regimes and after additional mechanical treatment (forging and rolling). The influence of small addition of In2O3 (2.9 mass%) on the increase of dispersion of main oxide SnO2 in Ag matrix is observed and presented also.

2014 ◽  
Vol 936 ◽  
pp. 459-463 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhi Jie Lin ◽  
Xu Dong Sun ◽  
Shao Hong Liu ◽  
Jia Lin Chen ◽  
Ming Xie ◽  
...  

Performances of Ag-SnO2 electrical contact materials can be strongly affected by the microstructure. In this work, Ag-SnO2 composite powders were synthesized by chemical reductive precipitation method. During the precipitation process, Ag particle was deposited onto the surface of SnO2 particle with the assistance of citric acid. The microstructure and properties were analyzed for the prepared Ag-SnO2 electrical contact materials. Our research reveals that the particle size of SnO2 has significant influence on the morphology of the Ag-SnO2 composite powders, and therefore on the microstructure and physical properties of the electrical contact materials. With the decrease of particle size of SnO2, hardness of the Ag-SnO2 electrical contact materials increases, while electrical conductivity decreases.


2010 ◽  
Vol 139-141 ◽  
pp. 67-71
Author(s):  
Zhong Quan Guo ◽  
Hao Ran Geng ◽  
Sha Sha Feng

A new method of carbon nanotube with electroless plating of nickel is proposed. It is shown that in a certain condition, the compacted and well-distributed coating of nickel is obtained without the process of sensitization and activation. Upon the surface treatment of the carbon nanotube, the CNT-consolidated composites for copper-based electrical contact have been made in the way of powder metallurgy. Some important mechanical properties and physical properties, including sliding wear property, electrical conductivity and fusion resistance, were investigated. The experiment results showed that Carbon nanotube inside the composite was uniformly distributed and a proper addition of CNT effectively improves the comprehensive property of the composites. When the carbon nanotube takes up 4vol. % in the material, it is highly effective in improving its sliding wear property and fusion resistance; though its electrical conductivity drops. Its overall properties meet the requirements of electrical contact materials


2012 ◽  
Vol 486 ◽  
pp. 529-532 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kessaraporn Wathanyu ◽  
Siriporn Rojananan

The aim of this paper was to study the microstructure, hardness and electrical conductivity of silver-metal oxides electrical contact materials. The Ag-SnO2, Ag-ZnO and Ag-CuO were prepared by powder metallurgy process. The density, microstructure, hardness and electrical conductivity were investigated. The results showed that the density of silver-metal oxides were 91-96% of theoretical density. The microstructures exhibited that the metal oxides were uniform dispersion in the silver matrix. The hardness of Ag-(5, 10)SnO2 and Ag-(5, 10)ZnO samples were about 100 HV and the hardness of Ag-(5, 10)CuO samples were about 88 HV. The Ag-5CuO samples had the highest electrical conductivity at the value of 91.27 %IACS.


2017 ◽  
Vol 114 ◽  
pp. 139-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hangyu Li ◽  
Xianhui Wang ◽  
Xiuhua Guo ◽  
Xiaohong Yang ◽  
Shuhua Liang

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 016558 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wang Haitao ◽  
Zhang Mei ◽  
Yang Menglin ◽  
Wang Jingqin ◽  
Zhu Yancai

2013 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Cosovic ◽  
M. Pavlovic ◽  
A. Cosovic ◽  
P. Vulic ◽  
M. Premovic ◽  
...  

High energy ball milling was used in order to improve dispersion of metal oxide in Ag-SnO2 electrical contact materials. The processed Ag-SnO2 (92:8) and Ag-SnO2In2O3 (87.8:9.30:2.9) powder mixtures were subsequently consolidated to bulk solid pieces by conventional powder metallurgy method. The characterization of the prepared samples included microstructural analysis by XRD and SEM, as well as measurements of physical properties such as density, hardness and electrical conductivity. The results of X-Ray analysis point to reduction of crystallite size after milling of about ten times. Microstructures of sintered Ag-SnO2 and Ag-SnO2 In2O3 materials display very fine dispersion of the oxide components in silver matrix. Somewhat higher uniformity was obtained for Ag-SnO2 In2O3 material which was illustrated by results of SEM analysis and more consistent microhardness values. The obtained values of studied physical properties were found to be in accordance with observed higher dispersion of metal oxide particles and comparable to properties of commercial electrical contact materials of this type.


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