This SAE Aerospace Information Report (AIR) shall be limited to information about cuprous/cupric oxide corrosion of silver plated conductors. It examines some possible causes and some recommendations to minimize the possibility of its occurrence. It also provides a number of reference documents that describe the corrosion in detail, methods to determine conductor damage, methods to produce the corrosion, and other investigative reports of this phenomena and their conclusions.

Purpose

This document provides some brief information about silver plated conductor corrosion and a list of reference documents that can be used for more detailed information.