==<!--6.2 -->Contact Materials and Design of Contact Components==The highest reliability and electrical life of electromechanical components and switching devices can only be achieved if both, the material selection and the design of the actual contact parts, are optimized. Economic considerations must of course also be applied when selecting the most suitable contact material and its way of application as an electrical contact. In the following <xr id="tab:Material Selection and Contact Component Design"/> <!--Table 6.1 --> recommendations are made for selected application examples for contact materials and contact shape or configuration.

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'''Table 6.1: Material Selection and Contact Component Design (Fortsetzung)'''

<xr id="tab:Material Selection and Contact Component Design"/> <!--Table 6.1 --> is meant to give suggestions for the use of contact materials for the specified devices. For most of the contact materials we deliberately did not indicate the exact composition and, as for Ag/SnO₂ and AgZnO, did also not include specific additives. The final material composition depends on specific design parameters of the electrical device. Advise on the special properties of specific contact materials can be found in chapter 2 [[Contact Materials for Electrical Engineering| Contact Materials for Electrical Engineering ]].