Material based on silver and tin oxide for the production of electrical contacts; electrical contacts thus produced
AssigneeComptoir Lyon-Alemand-Louyot
InventorsJean-Paul Guerlet, Dan Weber, Sophie Coupez, Claude Lambert
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Abstract
The present invention relates to novel materials based on silver and tin oxide for the production of electrical contacts as well as the electrical contacts thus produced. According to the invention, these materials contain at least 6% by weight of tin oxide and from 0.02 to 5% by weight of tellurium oxide; the total content by weight of metal oxides, with the exclusion of tellurium oxide, does not exceed 15%, the balance being made up by silver. Application: manufacture of electrical equipment.
Claims15
Material for electrical contacts, consisting essentially of silver in the amount of at least 80% by weight, tin oxide in an amount of from 9 to 13% by weight, and tellurium oxide in an amount of from 0.02 to 5% by weight and one other metal oxide selected from the group consisting of indium oxide, zinc oxide and copper oxide in an amount of from 0.06 to 0.2% by weight, the combined amount of tin oxide and said other metal oxide in this material shall not exceed 15% by weight, the oxides being evenly dispersed in the silver.
Material according to claim 7, which contains 1% by weight of tellurium oxide.
Material composed of 88% silver, 10.88% tin oxide, 0.12% copper oxide, and 1% tellurium oxide, expressed by weight.
Material composed of 88% silver, 9.89% tin oxide, 0.11% copper oxide and 2% tellurium oxide, expressed by weight.
Material for electrical contacts, consisting essentially of silver, in the amount of 80% by weight, tin oxide, in an amount of greater than 10% by weight and not more than 13% by weight, tellurium oxide, in an amount of from 0.02 to 5% by weight, and at least one other metal oxide selected from the group consisting of indium oxide, zinc oxide and copper oxide, in an amount of from 0.06 to 0.2% by weight, the combined amount of tin oxide and said other metal oxide being less than 15% by weight, the oxides being evenly dispersed in the silver, said material being prepared from a mixture consisting essentially of finely divided metallic silver and the metal oxide, by powder metallurgy techniques.
Material for electrical contacts, consisting essentially of silver in the amount of at least 80% by weight, tin oxide in an amount of from 9 to 13% by weight, and tellurium oxide in an amount of from 0.02 to 5% by weight and copper oxide in an amount of from 0.06 to 0.2% by weight, the oxide being evenly dispersed in the silver.
Material composed of 87% silver, 12% tin oxide and 1% tellurium oxide, expressed by weight.
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