ALLOY FOR ELECTRICAL LEADS

摘要

A new alloy for electrical leads normally imbedded in a ceramic base constituting a portion of an electrical component such as a potentiometer, comprises, by weight, substantially 49 percent gold; 16 percent silver; 32.2 percent palladium; and, 1.8 percent ruthenium, the proportions being such as to provide a greatly improved non-brittle relatively less expensive lead wire in which oxidation is substantially avoided even at the firing temperatures of the ceramic base in which the lead is imbedded.