023 43.
4. Silver produces moderate diffusion
barrier.4 The Specific Resistance and Conductivity Various
Materials
Table 4.
4. This can be
very important, especially for small currents and low voltages.067 15
Nickel 0.21:
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Material Specific resistance Conductivity in
Ohm mm2 m
in Ohm mm2
Aluminium 0.4.2 Gold
The finest surfaces are created with gold plating. The parts are immersed aqueous passivation emulsion.017 58
Brass (CuZn40) 0. The contacts are silver-plated,
with layer thickness pm.5
Tin 0.5
Copper 0.7. The brass contacts are first
plated with 3-pm nickel layer (diffusion barrier) then with 2-pm gold
layer the contact area.028 36
Gold 0. The electrical
conductivity gold significantly less than that silver, but due its
constant contact resistance, used special applications.7.12 8.
This surface protection used for aggressive environments.016 61
Zinc 0.061 16. brownish
sulphide layer easily develops its surface.3
.7.069 14.5
Silver 0.
Due the thinness the layer, the poor electrical conductivity nickel is
insignificant.3 Nickel
A 5-pm layer nickel applied protect large-surface parts, such earth
panels.7. This
surface protection sufficient for almost all industrial connectors
applications.1 Silver
The conductivity silver excellent, better than gold fact.
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