Welding characteristics of Ag-based contact material under automobile lamp load

Author

Xiangjun, Liu ; Xiao, Feng ; Hongjun, Fei

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Fuzhou Univ., China

fYear

2003

fDate

8-10 Sept. 2003

Firstpage

145

Lastpage

149

Abstract

The welding characteristics of different contact pairs, which are made up of AgNi10, AgNi0.15 or AgSnO₂, under an automobile lamp load are investigated. The appearance of contact surfaces and composition distribution over the welding area are studied by means of a scanning electron microscope and electron probe. The results have shown that the welding area consists of a melting area and welding points. The welding points are distributed over the melting area. The rupture mode of the welding points is ductile fracture and the fractured surfaces are characterized by a heavily dimpled appearance. The composition of the welding points is almost the same as that of the anode material for the asymmetrical pairs. The welding performance is influenced significantly by anode material.

Keywords

automotive electronics; ductile fracture; electrical contacts; electron probe analysis; nickel alloys; scanning electron microscopy; silver alloys; surface composition; tin compounds; Ag-based contact material; AgNi; AgSnO₂; anode material; asymmetrical contact pairs; automobile lamp load; contact material welding characteristics; contact surface composition distribution; differing contact pairs; dimpled fractured surfaces; ductile fracture; electron probe; melting area; scanning electron microscopy; welding area contact surface appearance; welding points rupture mode; Automobiles; Automotive materials; Circuit testing; Composite materials; Contacts; Lamps; Materials testing; Relays; Switches; Welding;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Contacts, 2003. Proceedings of the Forty-Ninth IEEE Holm Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7862-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HOLM.2003.1246490

Filename

1246490