• DocumentCode
    3176843
  • Title

    Phase transformation in melt layer of CuCr contact materials after breaking operations

  • Author

    Yang, Zhimao ; Yan, Qun ; Ding, Bingjun ; Wang, Xiaotian

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Mater. Sci. & Eng., Xian Jiaotong Univ., China
  • fYear
    1995
  • fDate
    2-4 Oct. 1995
  • Firstpage
    242
  • Lastpage
    246
  • Abstract
    The particles and melt layer on the surface of a contact play an important role in the contact performance. In this paper, the surface and the cross section of a CuCr50 contact after breaking operations were observed by SEM and TEM. Experimental results show that Cu and Cr particles were different on the surface of the contact and Cr particles were smaller than those precipitated from the melt layer. Distribution of Cu and Cr in the melt layer is also discussed.
  • Keywords
    chromium alloys; copper alloys; electrical contacts; vacuum interrupters; CuCr; CuCr contact materials; SEM; TEM; breaking operations; melt layer; particles; phase transformation; precipitation; surface; Chromium alloys; Contacts; Cooling; Copper; Dielectric breakdown; Interrupters; Materials science and technology; Surface cracks; Switches; Temperature dependence;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electrical Contacts, 1995., Proceedings of the Forty-First IEEE Holm Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-2728-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/HOLM.1995.482877
  • Filename
    482877