Terminal material with silver coating film and terminal with silver coating film

Abstract

In a terminal material with a silver coating film including a silver layer on a surface, a terminal and a terminal material having high reliability are easily manufactured with low cost without a heat treatment. A base material formed of copper or a copper alloy; and nickel layer, an intermediate layer, and a silver layer laminated on the base material in this order are included, the nickel layer has a thickness of 0.05 μm to 5.00 μm and is formed of nickel or a nickel alloy, the intermediate layer has a thickness of 0.02 μm to 1.00 μm and is an alloy layer containing silver (Ag) and a substance X, and the substance X includes one or more kinds of tin, bismuth, gallium, indium, and germanium.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.