Abstract:
Exemplary embodiments are directed to a contact material for a vacuum interrupter, and method of making the contact material. In achieving precise control of the Si concentration of Cu/Cr contact materials, the exemplary contact material has a chromium content which is above 10 wt. % and that the material is doped with silicon below 0.2 wt. % (2000 ppm Si) and the remainder is copper Cu.