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.