{"id":2465,"date":"2026-01-25T11:06:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T11:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hysfsubsea.com\/?post_type=knowledge-base&#038;p=2465"},"modified":"2026-01-25T11:06:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T11:06:31","slug":"what-materials-are-used-for-the-contacts-and-plating","status":"publish","type":"knowledge-base","link":"https:\/\/hysfsubsea.com\/de\/knowledge-base\/what-materials-are-used-for-the-contacts-and-plating\/","title":{"rendered":"What materials are used for the contacts and plating?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The contact is the heart of the connector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Substrate:<\/strong> Brass provides the mechanical strength, while Beryllium Copper provides the necessary spring elasticity for the female sockets.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Plating:<\/strong> We use a &#8220;Mil-Spec&#8221; grade gold plating. Gold is a noble metal that does not oxidize in seawater, ensuring that the <strong>Contact Resistance<\/strong> stays low over the 20-year design life of the product.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Why Nickel?<\/strong> A nickel underlayer prevents the copper from migrating into the gold, ensuring the plating remains durable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true},"faq_category":[78],"class_list":["post-2465","knowledge-base","type-knowledge-base","status-publish","hentry","faq_category-technical-specifications"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hysfsubsea.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledge-base\/2465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hysfsubsea.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledge-base"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hysfsubsea.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/knowledge-base"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hysfsubsea.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hysfsubsea.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledge-base\/2465\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hysfsubsea.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faq_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hysfsubsea.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq_category?post=2465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}