Standard Specification for Gold-Silver-Nickel Electrical Contact Alloy

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1.1 This specification covers 75% gold-22% silver-3% nickel alloy tubing, rod, wire, strip, and sheet material for sliding electrical contacts.  
1.2 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as the standard. The values given in parentheses are for information only.
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety problems, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.  
1.4 It is the responsibility of the user to become familiar with all hazards including those identified in the appropriate Material Safety Data Sheet for this product/material as provided by the manufacturer.

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Designation: B 477 – 97
Standard Specification for
Gold-Silver-Nickel Electrical Contact Alloy
This standard is issued under the fixed designation B 477; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the Department of Defense.
TABLE 1 Chemical Composition
1. Scope
Element Weight Percent
1.1 This specification covers 75 % gold-22 % silver-3 %
Gold 74.2–75.8
nickel alloy tubing, rod, wire, strip, and sheet material for
Silver 21.4–22.6
sliding electrical contacts.
Nickel 2.6–3.4
1.2 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded Selected base metals (lead, antimony, bismuth, tin, 0.01 max, total
arsenic, cadmium, germanium, thallium,
as the standard. The values given in parentheses are for
gallium, sulfur)
information only.
Total all base metal impurities (including above selected 0.2 max
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the base metals)
Total noble metal impurities 0.1 max
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
5. Mechanical and Electrical Requirements
1.4 It is the responsibility of the user to become familiar
5.1 The contract or order may specify ultimate tensile
with all hazards including those identified in the appropriate
strength and elongation, microhardness (Knoop or Vickers), or
Material Safety Data Sheet for this product/material as pro-
a combination of these mechanical properties as temper crite-
vided by the manufacturer.
rion. If the contract or order does not specify a temper criterion,
then the criterion for temper designation will be ultimate
2. Referenced Documents
tensile strength and elongation.
2.1 ASTM Standards:
5.2 Mechanical properties shall conform to the listings of
B 476 Specification for General Requirements for Wrought
Table 2.
Precious Metal Electrical Contact Materials
5.3 All test specimens shall be full size when practical.
E 384 Test Method for Microhardness of Materials
5.4 All tests are to be conducted at room temperature, about
68°F (20°C).
3. Manufacture
3.1 Raw materials shall be of such quality and purity that
6. General Requirements
the finished product will have the properties and characteristics
6.1 Specification B 476 shall apply to all materials produced
prescribed in this specification.
to this specification.
3.2 The material shall be finished by such operations (cold
6.2 Microhardness, when performed, shall be in accordance
working, heat treating, annealing, turning, grinding, or pick-
with Test Method E 384.
ling) as are required to produce the prescribed properties.
7. Inspection and Testing
4. Chemical Composition
7.1 Material furnished under this specification shall be
4.1 Material produced under the specification shall meet the
inspected by the manufacturer as listed below:
requirements of chemical composition prescribed in Table 1.
7.1.1 Visual inspection at 103,
7.1.2 Temper test (hardness or tensile),
7.1.3 Dimensional tests, and
1 7.1.4 Spectrographic or chemical analysis when indicated
This test method is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee B-2 on
Nonferrous Metals
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