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Electric Contacts

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    Book Overview
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    Chapter 1 Introduction. A simplified summary of the theory of stationary electric contacts
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    Chapter 2 The contact surface
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    Chapter 3 The contact resistance. General theory
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    Chapter 4 Calculation of constriction resistances with constant resistivity ϱ in an isotropic material
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    Chapter 5 Constriction resistances when conditions deviate from those in § 4, but with ϱ still a constant
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    Chapter 6 Introduction to thin films on contacts. Contact cleaning
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    Chapter 7 The load bearing contact area as a function of load and elastic and plastic properties of the members
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    Chapter 8 The relation between contact load and resistance, particularly at moderate and high load
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    Chapter 9 Contact resistance on freshly cleaned rods in air at very small contact loads
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    Chapter 10 The inductance of a current constriction. Skin effect
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    Chapter 11 Electrodynamic repulsion in a symmetric contact of non-magnetic material
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    Chapter 12 The capacitance of a contact. Electrostatic attraction in a contact
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    Chapter 13 The relationship between electric potential and temperature in a current constriction which is symmetric with respect to the contact surface; that is, the φϑ-relation
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    Chapter 14 The φϑ-relation in cases of dissymmetry
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    Chapter 15 Influence of a thin film in the contact on the φϑ-relation. Kohler effect
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    Chapter 16 The influence of the Joule heat on constriction resistances in symmetric contacts
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    Chapter 17 Distribution of the temperature in a symmetric constriction with circular contact surface at given current
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    Chapter 18 The (equilibrium) temperature distribution in the constriction of a contact between two metals with different conductivities, both obeying Wiedemann-Franz law. Thermoelectric effects
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    Chapter 19 Temperature distribution in the constriction of a contact between members of very different conductivities
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    Chapter 20 Resistance-voltage characteristics of clean symmetric contacts. Softening and melting voltages
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    Chapter 21 Development of the temperature in a metallic current constriction
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    Chapter 22 Growth of films on metals used for contacts, near room temperature
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    Chapter 23 Growth of visible oxide films on metals at moderate to high temperature. Decomposition at still higher temperature
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    Chapter 24 Water film, local cells and rusting
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    Chapter 25 Alien solidified films on contacts
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    Chapter 26 Tunnel effect
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    Chapter 27 Fritting of tarnish films
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    Chapter 28 Adherence in dry contacts which are not heated to any influential extent by the current
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    Chapter 29 Adherence in contacts that are heated by the current passing through them. Resistance welding
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    Chapter 30 About stationary contacts in practice
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    Chapter 31 Dimensioning a contact with respect to its heating
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    Chapter 32 Contact effects in carbon granular microphones
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    Chapter 33 Contact with semiconductors. Rectification. Static electrification
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    Chapter 34 Carbon-pile rheostats. Electric resistance of pressed metal powders
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    Chapter 35 Thermal metallic contacts
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    Chapter 36 Survey of fundamentals
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    Chapter 37 Sliding contacts in air
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    Chapter 38 Boundary lubrication
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    Chapter 39 Theory of friction and wear of carbon contacts. Lubrication by means of solid lubricants as graphite and molybdenum disulfide
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    Chapter 40 Stick-slip motion. The temperature in currentless sliding contacts
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    Chapter 41 Frictional wear in metallic contacts without current
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    Chapter 42 Electrical performance of carbon brushes on rings and commutators when arcing is excluded
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    Chapter 43 The temperature in the sliding contact between a carbon brush and a copper ring or commutator
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    Chapter 44 Friction and wear with a carbon-brush collector contact
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    Chapter 45 Theory of commutation with special regard to voltage flashes and arcs
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    Chapter 46 Current collectors for trolley cars
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    Chapter 47 Electric noise in contacts
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    Chapter 48 Introduction
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    Chapter 49 Ignition of arcs in switches
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    Chapter 50 VI-characteristics of the stationary arc in air; their use for calculation of the duration of drawn short arcs
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    Chapter 51 Vacuum arc; particularly its extinction
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    Chapter 52 Interrupting an alternating current
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    Chapter 53 Breaking direct current
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    Chapter 54 Electric oscillations generated by d. c. arcs
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    Chapter 55 Bouncing
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    Chapter 56 Material transfer in switching contacts. A survey
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    Chapter 57 Discharge transients
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    Chapter 58 Arc duration during contact closure with voltages below 200 to 300 V
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    Chapter 59 Floating
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    Chapter 60 Arc duration on breaking contact without quenching. Circumstances common to Communication Engineering
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    Chapter 61 Quenching a drawn arc by means of a capacitor, parallel to the contact
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    Chapter 62 Capacitive quenching when an arc with a very small duration or no are is drawn
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    Chapter 63 Quenching of arcs by a resistance parallel to the operating contact or to the inductive coil
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    Chapter 64 Details about the types of arc in relay contacts and the material transfer produced by them
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    Chapter 65 Bridge transfer and short arc transfer at contact separation
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    Chapter 66 Theory of the bridge transfer
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    Chapter 67 Bridge material transfer in the shape of pips and spires
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    Chapter 68 Mercury switches
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    Chapter 69 Application of statistics to contact operations
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    Chapter 70 The choice of contact material; contact shape for practical applications
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    Chapter 71 Erratum to: The capacitance of a contact. Electrostatic attraction in a contact
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    Chapter 72 Erratum to: The relationship between electric potential and temperature in a current constriction which is symmetric with respect to the contact surface; that is, the φϑ-relation
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    Chapter 73 Erratum to: The influence of the Joule heat on constriction resistances in symmetric contacts
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    Chapter 74 Erratum to: The (equilibrium) temperature distribution in the constriction of a contact between two metals with different conductivities, both obeying Wiedemann-Franz law. Thermoelectric effects
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    Chapter 75 Erratum to: Resistance-voltage characteristics of clean symmetric contacts. Softening and melting voltages
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    Chapter 76 Erratum to: Tunnel effect
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    Chapter 77 Erratum to: Fritting of tarnish films
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    Chapter 78 Erratum to: Dimensioning a contact with respect to its heating
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    Chapter 79 Erratum to: Thermal metallic contacts
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    Chapter 80 Erratum to: Survey of fundamentals
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    Chapter 81 Erratum to: Boundary lubrication
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    Chapter 82 Erratum to: Frictional wear in metallic contacts without current
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    Chapter 83 Erratum to: The temperature in the sliding contact between a carbon brush and a copper ring or commutator
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    Chapter 84 Erratum to: Friction and wear with a carbon-brush collector contact
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    Chapter 85 Erratum to: Quenching of arcs by a resistance parallel to the operating contact or to the inductive coil
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    Chapter 86 Erratum to: Details about the types of arc in relay contacts and the material transfer produced by them
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    Chapter 87 Erratum to: Bridge transfer and short arc transfer at contact separation
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    Chapter 88 Erratum to: Theory of the bridge transfer
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    Chapter 89 Erratum to: Mercury switches
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Title
Electric Contacts
Published by
Springer Berlin Heidelberg, January 1967
DOI 10.1007/978-3-662-06688-1
ISBNs
978-3-64-205708-3, 978-3-66-206688-1
Authors

Holm, Ragnar, Ragnar Holm Ph. D.

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Country Count As %
Germany 2 1%
Spain 2 1%
United States 2 1%
Austria 1 <1%
Russia 1 <1%
Sweden 1 <1%
India 1 <1%
Poland 1 <1%
Unknown 144 93%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 47 30%
Researcher 27 17%
Student > Master 25 16%
Student > Doctoral Student 8 5%
Student > Bachelor 8 5%
Other 18 12%
Unknown 22 14%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Engineering 72 46%
Materials Science 24 15%
Physics and Astronomy 15 10%
Energy 3 2%
Chemical Engineering 3 2%
Other 6 4%
Unknown 32 21%