1. Failure Mechanism Analysis of Vacuum Circuit Breakers1.1 Arcing Process During OpeningTaking circuit breaker opening as an example, when the current triggers the operating mechanism to trip, the moving contact begins to separate from the fixed contact. As the distance between the moving and fixed contacts increases, the process proceeds through three stages: contact separation, arcing, and post-arc dielectric recovery. Once separation enters the arcing stage, the condition of the electric arc
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