ASTM B563-01(2022)

Annotation of standard text ASTM B563-01(2022) :

This specification covers an alloy containing palladium, silver, copper, platinum, and nickel in the form of wire, rod, and strip for electrical contacts. The materials shall be processed by cold working, heat treating, annealing, turning, grinding, and pickling. The material shall conform to the required chemical composition of palladium, silver, copper, platinum, and nickel. The alloys shall conform to the required mechanical properties such as tensile strength, elongation, Knoop hardness, and Vickers hardness.


Keywords:
contacts, electrical contacts, low contact resistance, low energy contact, non arcing contact, palladium alloy, palladium-silver-copper,, ICS Number Code 77.120.99 (Other non-ferrous metals and their alloys)