Microlayered Composite Materials on Basis of Copper, Refractory, Rare-Earth Metals, and Carbon for Electrical Contacts and Electrodes

Abstract

A technology for obtaining microlayered composite materials of Cu-Zr-Y-Mo, Cu-Zr-Y-Cr, Cu-Zr-Y-W and Cu-Zr-Y-C systems by means of high-speed electron-beam evaporation-condensation, structure, electrical, and mechanical properties at ambient and elevated temperatures is developed.

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Bukhanovsky, V. , Rudnytsky, M. and Mamuzich, I. (2014) Microlayered Composite Materials on Basis of Copper, Refractory, Rare-Earth Metals, and Carbon for Electrical Contacts and Electrodes. International Journal of Nonferrous Metallurgy, 3, 18-27. doi: 10.4236/ijnm.2014.32003.

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