US9620258B2 · US · B2
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publication number | US-9620258-B2 |
| Application number | US-201314389441-A |
| Country | US |
| Kind code | B2 |
| Filing date | Mar 29, 2013 |
| Priority date | Mar 30, 2012 |
| Publication date | Apr 11, 2017 |
| Grant date | Apr 11, 2017 |
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The present invention relates to a new silver-based electrical contact material, in which silver is in a continuous phase and carbon being in a nano-dispersed phase is dispersed in continuous phase silver. The content of the dispersed phase carbon in the silver-based electrical contact material can be 0.02% to 5% by weight, on the basis of the total weight of the silver-based electrical contact material. According to the present invention, the carbon contains carbon in a diamond form. Such a silver-based electrical contact material shows excellent mechanical wear resistance and electrical performance.
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The invention claimed is: 1. A silver-based electrical contact material, wherein silver is present as a continuous phase, and carbon is dispersed, as a nanoscale dispersed phase, in the silver continuous phase, wherein the carbonaceous dispersed phase is coated on the silver continuous phase and the carbon comprises carbon in the form of diamond and carbon in the form of graphite. 2. The silver-based electrical contact material according to claim 1 , wherein the carbonaceous dispersed phase is present in an amount of from 0.02 to 5% by weight in the silver-based electrical contact material, based on the total weight of the silver-based electrical contact material. 3. The silver-based electrical contact material according to claim 1 , wherein the carbon in the form of diamond is generated in situ by the latest heat treatment of a carbonaceous mesophase. 4. The silver-based electrical contact material according to claim 1 obtained by subjecting a mixture of a silver source and the carbonaceous mesophase to a heat treatment, wherein the silver source is silver powder prepared by a chemical method. 5. The silver-based electrical contact material according to claim 4 , wherein the heat treatment is sintering.
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