| CPC H01H 33/662 (2013.01) [H01H 33/664 (2013.01); H01H 33/666 (2013.01); H01H 2033/66269 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |

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1. A vacuum interrupter comprising:
a cylindrical insulation container;
a movable-side end plate to close one end portion of the insulation container;
a fixed-side end plate to close another end portion of the insulation container;
a movable-side electrode provided at a distal end portion of a movable-side electrode rod disposed to penetrate the movable-side end plate;
a fixed-side electrode provided at a distal end portion of a fixed-side electrode rod disposed to penetrate the fixed-side end plate so as to face the movable-side electrode; and
an arc shield disposed so as to surround the movable-side electrode and the fixed-side electrode,
wherein a linear resistive layer and a nonlinear resistive layer are disposed so as to cover at least a part of a periphery of the insulation container, and
a magnitude relationship of each resistivity is R1>R3>R2, where R1 is a resistivity of the nonlinear resistive layer when an applied electric field is less than an operating electric field R2 is a resistivity of the nonlinear resistive layer when a lightning impulse is applied R2 is less than an impedance of a vacuum valve when the lightning impulse is applied, and R3 is a resistivity of the linear resistive layer.
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