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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 1985
Filed:
Jun. 17, 1981
Ryuji Watanabe, Ibaraki, JP;
Kiyoji Iwashita, Hitachi, JP;
Sadami Tomita, Katsuta, JP;
Keiichi Kuniya, Hitachi, JP;
Hideaki Tsuda, Hitachi, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vacuum circuit breaker comprising a vacuum vessel and a pair of electrodes disposed in the vessel, which is superior in chopping current characteristic, at least a contact of at least one of the electrodes being made of a member having a skeleton of an iron group element, pores in which skeleton are impregnated with at least one kind selected from a group consisting of silver; an alloy of Ag and at least one of Te, Se, Bi, Pb, Tl, In, Cd, Sn and Sb; and the intermetallic compound of Ag, the breaker having rated voltage of 3.6 to 36 KV and rated breaking currents of 8 to 60 KA.