Lowering the Silver Content in Automotive Conductive Pastes. Issue 2 (1st April 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Raj, Edwin S.; Booth, Jonathan
• Is Part Of: Johnson Matthey technology review. Volume 61:Issue 2(2017:Apr.)
• Page Start: 156
• Page End: 164
• Publication Date: 2017-04-01
• Subjects: Technology -- Periodicals; Chemical engineering -- Periodicals; Metallurgy -- Periodicals; Materials -- Periodicals; Research, Industrial -- Periodicals; Periodicals; 605
• DOI: 10.1595/205651317X695271
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2056-5135

Abstract

The high conductivity of silver and its oxidation resistance make it the metal of choice for automotive applications in defogging and other areas. There is scope to reduce the cost by reducing the content of silver, a costly metal. This article reports the results from testing formulations with reduced silver content. A range of silver-coated and base metal fillers were tested however none of these resulted in performance to match the commercially available silver automotive pastes.