GB835253A - Improvements relating to vacuum electric switches - Google Patents

Improvements relating to vacuum electric switches

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Publication number
GB835253A
GB835253A GB11677/56A GB1167756A GB835253A GB 835253 A GB835253 A GB 835253A GB 11677/56 A GB11677/56 A GB 11677/56A GB 1167756 A GB1167756 A GB 1167756A GB 835253 A GB835253 A GB 835253A
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tungsten
copper
volts
voltages
bodies
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GB11677/56A
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Michael Peter Reece
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Electr & Allied Ind Res Ass
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H1/00—Contacts
    • H01H1/02—Contacts characterised by the material thereof
    • H01H1/0203—Contacts characterised by the material thereof specially adapted for vacuum switches

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  • High-Tension Arc-Extinguishing Switches Without Spraying Means (AREA)

Abstract

835,253. Vacuum switches; contact members for switches. BRITISH ELECTRICAL & ALLIED INDUSTRIES RESEARCH ASSOCIATION. April 3, 1957 [April 17, 1956], No. 11677/56. Class 38 (5). In a vacuum switch for A.C. operation each contact comprises a mechanically strong conducting body 26 having in its operating face 28 one or more recesses 29 containing a non-fluid material 30 which has a lower arcing voltage than that of the body and which is capable of constituting an adherent conducting film on the operating faces during operations of the switch. To interrupt voltages of the order of 400 volts the material in the recesses may be arsenic, bismuth or an amalgam of mercury, the bodies of the contacts being of copper steel, molybdenum, tungsten or a sintered mixture of copper and tungsten; to interrupt voltages of the order of 3300 volts, the material may be lead, cadmium, sodium or zinc and the bodies of copper, steel molybdenum, tungsten, aluminium or a sintered mixture of copper and tungsten; for voltages of the order of 6600 volts, the material may be magnesium or tin and the bodies of copper, steel, molybdenum, tungsten or a sintered mixture of copper and tungsten; for voltages of the order of 11,000 volts the material may be aluminium or silver and the bodies of steel molybdenum or tungsten; and for voltages of the order of 22,000 volts the material may be copper and the bodies of steel, molybdenum or tungsten.
GB11677/56A 1956-04-17 1956-04-17 Improvements relating to vacuum electric switches Expired GB835253A (en)

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GB345930X 1956-04-17

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US (1) US2900476A (en)
BE (1) BE556719A (en)
CH (1) CH345930A (en)
DE (1) DE1048625B (en)
FR (1) FR1175455A (en)
GB (1) GB835253A (en)
IT (1) IT570073A (en)
NL (1) NL216321A (en)

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US2900476A (en) 1959-08-18
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FR1175455A (en) 1959-03-26
CH345930A (en) 1960-04-30
IT570073A (en)
NL216321A (en)

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