Contact materials used in low voltage electrical relays

Low-voltage relays are widely used in many areas of electrical applications. There are used for such applications as protection, signalization or control of electrical installations. There all are similar in many ways were it comes to construction and operating principles. However for different applications different contact materials must be used. There are many materials used for contacts in electrical appliances. In this paper contact materials used especially in low-voltage electromechanical relays are described. Their electrical and mechanical properties are characterised.