Abstract: An electrical contact structure of a vacuum interrupter wherein a pair of electrical contacts 2 are provided within a vacuum vessel 1 through a pair of contact rods 14 so that one is in contact with the other or away therefrom. The electrical contact 2 comprises a substantially disk-shaped contact body 2b made of high electric conducting metal portions and metallic pipes having a low electric conductivity, and a plurality of major current flowing sections 22 made of metal having a high electric conductivity, penetrated in the contact body 2b in a manner to be penetrated in the direction of the thickness of the contact body 2b and separated from each other.

Abstract: A vacuum interrupter has a capacity of breaking high voltage and large electric current, and excellent anti-welding characteristics, and prevents generation of harmful surges by current chopping and reignitions, and particularly prevents surges by multi-reignition and three-phase simultaneous breaking caused by the multi-reignition. The vacuum interrupter comprises a pair of electrodes (5a, 6a) which can close or separate from each other within an electric insulating hermetic vacuum vessel (4), each electrode (5a, 6a, 15 and 28) is made of a metallic material of a mean vapor pressure, the boiling point of the metallic material being 2700 to 3300K. (2427.degree. to 3027.degree. C.), such as, for example, chromium, or a chromium alloy including a content of more than 90% chromium.