کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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735444 | 893612 | 2006 | 14 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
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Materials used in electrical contact applications are usually constituted of multilayered compounds (e.g.: copper alloy electroplated with a nickel layer and finally by a gold layer). After the electro-deposition, micro-channels and pores within the gold layer allow undesirable corrosion of the underlying protection. In order to modify the gold-coating microstructure, a laser surface treatment was applied. The laser treatment suppressing porosity and smoothing the surface sealed the original open structure as a low roughness allows a good electrical contact. Corrosion tests were carried out in humid synthetic air containing three polluting gases. SEM characterization of cross-sections was performed to estimate the gold melting depth and to observe the modifications of gold structure obtained after laser treatment. The effects of the laser treatment were studied according to different surface parameters (roughness of the substrate and thickness of the gold layer) and different laser parameters (laser wavelength, laser fluence, pulse duration and number of pulses). A thermokinetic model was used to understand the heating and melting mechanism of the multilayered coating to optimize the process in terms of laser wavelength, energy and time of interaction.
Journal: Optics and Lasers in Engineering - Volume 44, Issue 12, December 2006, Pages 1283–1296