Plated electrical leads
AssigneeSenju Metal Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorsTomohide Hasegawa, Ichiro Nawata
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Abstract
A plated lead for electrical devices is plated with a Sn-based lead-free alloy containing 0.001-0.1 weight percent of Ga. The formation of oxides in a hot dipping bath can be suppressed by the presence of 0.001-0.1 weight percent of P in the alloy.
Claims23
A plated electrical lead plated with a lead-free Sn-based alloy containing 0.001-0.1 weight percent of Ga.
A method of forming a plated electrical lead comprising plating an electrical lead with a lead-free Sn-based alloy containing 0.001-0.1 weight percent of Ga.
A plating method comprising dipping an electrically conducting member in a bath of a lead-free Sn-based alloy containing 0.001-0.1 weight percent of Ga.
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