Apparatus including electrical contacts

This invention relates to apparatus including mating electrical contacts at least one of which comprises a substrate and a contact layer in intimate contact with the said substrate. The contact layer includes a crystallographic phase produced by in situ reaction using energies associated with conven...

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Hauptverfasser: ROBBINS, MURRAY, PLEWES, JOHN TRAVIS, SCHLABACH, TOM DANIEL
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:This invention relates to apparatus including mating electrical contacts at least one of which comprises a substrate and a contact layer in intimate contact with the said substrate. The contact layer includes a crystallographic phase produced by in situ reaction using energies associated with conventional ambient and involving a reactant present in a substrate together with one introduced externally. The resulting layered chemical compound is a suitable replacement for electroplated gold and serves in make/break switches, connectors, sustained contact elements, etc.