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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 06, 1995
Isabell Buresch, Illertissen, DE;
Wieland-Werke AG, Ulm, DE;
Abstract
A strip-shaped or wire-shaped compound material with a base material of copper or a copper alloy and with a moltenly applied surface coating of a tin alloy, whereby between both materials there is formed an intermetallic phase. The inventive additive of 0.001 to 0.5% cobalt to pure tin or a tin alloy results in a particularly fine-granular, smooth intermetallic phase and not only a higher total layer hardness, a better bendability, a higher shearing resistance and a lower elasticity module, but, in particular, also a high creeping resistance. The compound material can be utilized within a wide range for electromechanical and electrooptical structural elements, plug connectors and soldered structural parts.