Electrical Contacts: Principles and ApplicationsPaul G. Slade 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. |
Contents
Fundamental Principles | 1 |
Introduction to Contact Tarnishing and Corrosion | 89 |
Contact Corrosion | 113 |
Part Two NONARCING CONTACTS | 155 |
Low Power Commercial Wiring Automotive and Appliance Connections | 279 |
Contact Sliding Wear Fretting | 309 |
Materials Coatings and Platings | 403 |
References | 430 |
Part Four ARCING CONTACT MATERIALS | 681 |
Contact Design and Attachment | 751 |
Material Performance Evaluation and Test Methods | 769 |
Arc Interactions with Contaminants | 809 |
Part Five SLIDING ELECTRICAL CONTACTS | 839 |
Illustrative Modern Brush Applications | 873 |
Sliding Contacts for Instrumentation and Control | 885 |
Metal Fiber Brushes | 943 |
The Consequences of Arcing | 487 |
Reed Switches | 535 |
Low Current Switching | 573 |
Medium to High Current Switching | 627 |
Useful Electric Contact Information | 1019 |
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