AgCu5

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Description

AgCu5 is a contact material and is used as AC and DC switch for power and telecommunications at switching currents up to 10 A, occasionally up to 25 A, rarely at higher currents.

Related Standards

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Properties

General

PropertyTemperatureValueComment

Density

23.0 °C

10.5 g/cm³

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Typical for Silver

Mechanical

PropertyTemperatureValueComment

Elastic modulus

23.0 °C

83 GPa

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Hardness, Vickers, 10

20.0 °C

58 - 134 [-]

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Poisson's ratio

23.0 °C

0.37 [-]

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Shear modulus

23.0 °C

30 GPa

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Tensile strength

20.0 °C

240 MPa

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Thermal

PropertyTemperatureValueComment

Coefficient of thermal expansion

23.0 °C

1.9E-5 1/K

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Melting point

962 °C

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Specific heat capacity

23.0 °C

234 - 251 J/(kg·K)

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Thermal conductivity

23.0 °C

417 - 428 W/(m·K)

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Chemical properties

PropertyValue

Copper

5 %

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Silver

95 %

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