Electricity: circuit makers and breakers – Liquid contact – Time delay
Patent
1979-07-30
1982-08-31
Macon, Robert S.
Electricity: circuit makers and breakers
Liquid contact
Time delay
200262, 200266, H01H 3366
Patent
active
043474136
ABSTRACT:
An electrode of a vacuum circuit breaker, having a high dielectric strength, large breaking current and superior non-welding characteristic. The electrode is made of a cast alloy comprising copper, 20 wt% or less of rare earth metal such as lanthanum, cerium or an alloy of either one of these rare earth metal with another rare earth metal, 10 wt% or less of a metal such as lead and bismuth having a lower melting point and a higher vapor pressure than copper, and 0.1 to 30 wt% of a metal of iron group. A part of the rare earth metal and a part of the metal having the lower melting point and higher vapor pressure than copper are crystallized in the grain boundary and in the grains of copper.
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Kuniya Keiichi
Watanabe Ryuji
Hitachi , Ltd.
Macon Robert S.
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