Electrical Contacts:Principles and Applications

Paul G. Slade, ed., Cutler-Hammer, Horseheads, NY

1999

1204 pages

This wide-ranging reference reports the latest advances in the research, development, manufacture, and application of electrical contacts; offers a comprehensive outline of the subject for professional, research, design and development engineers; and provides a complete introduction to the subject for graduate technology students. Covering the choice, attachment, and testing of contact materials, Electrical Contacts:

With 1500 references, Electrical Contacts will be welcomed as a reference by electric connector design, circuit design, electronic packaging, motor design, circuit breaker development, contactor development, relay design, and power engineers; electric contact materials scientists; automobile circuit designers; arc researchers; and professional seminars participants and graduate students in these disciplines.

Contents

Contact Interface Conduction Electrical Contact Resistance: Fundamental Principles Roland S. Timsit Introduction to Contact Tarnishing and Corrosion, Paul G. Slade Contact Corrosion, William H. Abbott Nonarcing Contacts Power Connections, Milenko Braunovic' Low Power Commercial Wiring, Automotive, and Appliance Connections, Anthony Lee Tribology of Electronic Connectors: Contact Sliding Wear, Fretting, and Lubrication, Morton Antler Materials, Coatings, and Platings, Morton Antler The Electric Arc and Switching Device Technology The Arc and Interruption, Paul G. Slade The Consequences of Arcing, Paul G. Slade Reed Switches, Kunio Hinohara Low Current Switching, John W. McBride Medium to High Current Switching, Manfred Lindmayer Arcing Contact Materials Arcing Contact Materials, Gerald J. Witter Contact Design and Attachment, Gerald J. Witter and Guenther Horn Material Performance Evaluation and Test Methods, Werner Rieder Arc Interactions with Contaminants, Werner Rieder and Gerald J. Witter Sliding Electrical Contacts Sliding Electrical Contacts (Graphitic Type Lubrication), Erle I. Shobert II Illustrative Modern Brush Applications, Wilfred E. Yohe and William A. Nystrom Sliding Contacts for Instrumentation and Control, E. W. Glossbrenner Metal Fiber Brushes, Doris Kuhlmann-Wilsdorf Contact Data Useful Electric Contact Information, Paul G. Slade