The invention relates to a silver
tin oxide /
copper compound electrical contact, a working layer of the electrical contact material is composed of silver,
tin oxide and mixed
rare earth oxide, the weight content of all the components is: 85 percent to 94 percent of Ag, 6 percent to 15 percent of SnO2 and 0.1 percent to 2.0 percent of mixed
rare earth oxide, and a
welding layer is T2
copper. The weight content of SnO2 is 8 to 12 percent preferentially. The mixed
rare earth oxide is a mixture of
cerium oxide,
lanthanum oxide and
yttrium oxide. The preparation method is that the silver and the
tin are first mixed according to certain proportion and then are smelted in an
intermediate frequency furnace, then high-pressure water atomization equipment is used for carrying out
alloy atomization,
powder is obtained by
drying after the atomization, the
powder is screened and arranged in an
internal oxidation furnace to carry out the oxidation at certain temperature and
oxygen pressure, then billet is obtained by the
processing of isostatic cool pressing after the oxidation, after that, a plate is formed by carrying out the
sintering and extruding, and finally the finished product is obtained by compound rolling with the
copper. The electrical contact is characterized by
high conductivity, even and exquisite texture, high
bonding strength of the working layer and the
welding layer,
welding resistance and
arc erosion resistance.