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AgWC Silver Tungsten Carbide SCOPE: This information refers to silver based contact material with tungsten carbide as the second main component manufactured by infiltration of molten silver into a porous tungsten carbide preform. Designation of standard compositions Applications Microstructure The tungsten carbide content is designated » circuit breakers (ACB, MCCB) by the first number: e. g. AgWC50 in weight » earth leakage breakers (RCCB) percent. The standard percentages are 30, » miniature circuit breakers (MCB) 40 and 50. » arc fault and ground fault circuit interrupters (AFCI, GFCI) Characteristics Comparable with silver tungsten with improved behaviour of contact resistance. AgWC40 Tungsten carbide decomposes in the arc and the released carbon forms a protective CO gas envelope which suppresses the formation of tungsten oxides and tungstates. AgWC50 Physical Properties MATERIAL DENSITY ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY HARDNESS [g/cm3] [m/(Ω·mm2)] [HRB] AgWC 11.2 36 57 AgWC 11.7 34 72 AgWC 12.2 29 85 AgWC | Silver Tungsten Carbide USA Attleboro Umicore Electrical Materials USA, Inc. 527 Pleasant Street, Building 11 Attleboro, MA 02703 Phone: +1 508 838 2064 Fax: +1 508 838 2062 [email protected] The information and statements contained herein are provided free of charge and are for Glens Falls general information purposes only. They are believed to be accurate at the time of Umicore Technical Materials North America Inc. publication, but Umicore makes no representations or warranty of any kind with respect 9 Pruyn’s Island Drive thereto, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or Glens Falls, NY 12801 Phone: +1 732 485 2256 availability. Use or application of such information or statements is at the user’s discretion, Fax: +1 518-792-3162 without any liability on the part of Umicore. Nothing herein shall be constructed as a license [email protected] or recommendation to use. Umicore reserves the right to alter any product or service at its own discretion. All sales are subject to Umicore’s General Terms and Conditions of Sale and www.UmicoreElectricalMaterialsUSA.com Delivery .

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