| Title |
Study on Salt-Proof Characteristics of Copper Clad Aluminum |
| Authors |
김진사(Kim, Jin-Sa) ; 배덕권(Bae, Duck-Kweon) |
| Keywords |
Copper clad aluminum ; Conductor ; Light weight ; Corrosion |
| Abstract |
As the demand of electric power is increasing rapidly, the need of the compact and light electric power device is also increased. Copper clad aluminum (CCA) is newly proposed electrical conductor, because of its light-weight and low-cost characteristics, to replace the existing conductor made of copper. This paper presents the salt-proof characteristics of the copper clad aluminum (CCA) to certificate long time safe operation of the newly proposed electrical conductor. The two types of the CCA conductor were tested in the neutral salt spray tester. The experimental results of two types of the CCA with salt spray were presented in this paper. The results comprise resistance measured data, micro picture of the selected surface, and component measured data according to the elapsed time. The period of the experiment was 1,000 hours. There was no evidence to show the corrosion of CCA during the whole period of the experiments. |