Silver–cadmium oxide

AgCdO Electrical Contact Material

Composition windows with application, customer-specification and destination-market review.

Reference data

Composition & review

Composition and review information
Topic	Reference information
CdO content window	10 ± 1, 12 ± 1, 13.5 ± 1, 15 ± 1, or 17 ± 1 wt.%
Reference property fields	Density, electrical resistivity, hardness, tensile strength, and elongation
Applicable material form	Contact tip, wire, strip, rivet, or other specified form must be identified before review

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Switching duty & joining

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Project requirements

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Application

Destination market

Customer specification

AgCdO may be subject to environmental, customer-specification, or regulatory restrictions in some markets and applications.
Material properties vary by product form; data for wire, strip, rivets, and other specified forms should not be used interchangeably.