Electrically conducting material with coating
US12071692B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 21, 2020 |
| Grant date | Aug 27, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 21, 2040 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/1291
- WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An electrically conducting material including a substrate composed of copper or a copper alloy, and a coating composed of at least one layer. The coating has an outermost layer consisting to an extent of at least 90 vol % of an intermetallic phase which is or includes Cu6Sn5. The surface of the outermost layer that faces away from the substrate has insular, silver-rich precipitations with an area fraction of 7 to 20%.
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