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The 29th William Blum Lecture, The Tribology of Contact Finishes for Electronic Connectors

This paper was originally published in two parts on the tribology of electrical contact finishes. The subjects covered in the first installment include friction, mechanical wear, fretting corrosion and frictional polymerization - all vital processes that affect the performance of contact finishes in electronic connectors. The dominant wear mechanisms (i.e., adhesion, abrasion and fretting) are also discussed. Substrate and lubrication effects on the tribology of contact finishes are be elaborated on in the second part of this lecture. An Appendix summarizing the salient points in both of these papers is presented at the end.

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