Silver MaxPhase
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Silver MaxPhase™ LOW COST PVD CONTACT COATING REPLACING PLATED GOLD Silver MaxPhase™ replaces gold for electrical phones (according to IEC 60512 and IEC 60068 contacts. It drastically reduces manufacturing cost, standards). Qualification continues for telecom, while maintaining low contact resistance and high industrial, consumer, computers, etc. resistance to corrosion and wear. And it’s a green Silver MaxPhase typically replaces gold on nickel- production technology! plated copper-based connectors. It also works well The contact coating is qualified for low voltage and as a contact coating directly on e.g. stainless steel, low contact force connectors that were earlier gold totally omitting the use of wet plating processes. plated, e.g. battery and I/O connectors for mobile

Silver MaxPhase™ properties Low contact resistance (typically <10 mOhms @ 0,2 N contact force) Corrosion resistant Wear resistant Wire bondable RoHS compliant Silver MaxPhase contact resistance measured at low contact forces using a gold probe, adjustable contact force and 20 mV/100 mA maximum (IEC 60512-2-2). Measurements were made on contacts as deposited, as well as contacts exposed to mixed gas test (IEC 60068-2-60 Test Ke) and salt spray Green production techm Highly hazardous cyanide is used in wet chemical plating of gold. Better insights of environmental and human risks of plating...