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Sulpur Hexa-Fluoride(SF6) is the gas used to quench the arc in a Vacuum circuit breaker.

SF6 is a inert gas and is in-organic,colorless,odorless,non-flammable gas used as an outstanding electrical insolater.

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As its name suggests, the arc is extinguished within a vacuum. No gas is involved.

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