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To improve the physical and contact properties of fine silver melt-metallurgical produced silver alloys are used <xr id="tab:Physical Properties of Silver and Silver Alloys"/> (Table 2.13). By adding metal components the mechanical properties such as hardness and tensile strength as well as typical contact properties such as erosion resistance, and resistance against material transfer in DC circuits are increased <xr id="tab:tab2.14Mechanical Properties of Silver and Silver Alloys"/> (Table 2.14). On the other hand however, other properties such as electrical conductivity and chemical corrosion resistance can be negatively impacted by alloying <xr id="fig:Influence of 1 10 atom of different alloying metals"/> (Fig. 2.47) and <xr id="fig:Electrical resistivity p of AgCu alloys"/> (Fig. 2.48).