An electrical contact (100, 400, 500) for a vacuum switching apparatus, said vacuum switching apparatus comprising a second electrical contact, said electrical contact comprising: a body (402, 502) having a center point and a periphery, said body comprising: a plurality of arcing surfaces (410, 412, 414, 416; 512, 514) structured to face in a first direction (420; 520) toward said second electrical contact and structured to move into and out of engagement with said second electrical contact, and a plurality of arc spinning portions (430, 440, 450, 460; 540) each defining a slot extending inwardly from the periphery generally toward the center point, said plurality of arc spinning portions generally separating said plurality of arcing surfaces from one another; wherein, at least one arc spinning portion of said plurality of arc spinning portions narrows from a corresponding pair of adjacent arcing surfaces of said body to an interior thereof in a second direction (422, 522) opposite the first direction; wherein said at least one arc spinning portion further has a center line; wherein said plurality of arcing surfaces (410, 412, 414, 416) comprises a first arcing surface and a second arcing surface adjacent said first arcing surface; wherein said at least one arc spinning portion (430, 440, 450, 460) generally separates said first arcing surface from said second arcing surface; wherein said at least one arc spinning portion comprises a first interior surface (432, 442, 452, 462) and a second interior surface (434, 444, 454, 464); wherein said first interior surface (432, 442, 452, 462) extends from said first arcing surface and said second arcing surface in the second direction; wherein said first interior surface (432, 442, 452, 462) extends generally from proximate the center point to the periphery; wherein said second interior surface (434, 444, 454, 464) is spaced from said first arcing surface and said second arcing surface; wherein said second interior surface (434, 444, 454, 464) extends from said first interior surface (432, 442, 452, 462) characterised in that said at least one arc spinning portion narrows from an exterior of said body to an interior thereof in a third direction from the periphery along the center line toward the center point; and further in that said second interior surface (434, 444, 454, 464) extends generally from proximate the center point toward the periphery and terminates therebetween. a plurality of arcing surfaces (410, 412, 414, 416; 512, 514) structured to face in a first direction (420; 520) toward said second electrical contact and structured to move into and out of engagement with said second electrical contact, and a plurality of arc spinning portions (430, 440, 450, 460; 540) each defining a slot extending inwardly from the periphery generally toward the center point, said plurality of arc spinning portions generally separating said plurality of arcing surfaces from one another; wherein, at least one arc spinning portion of said plurality of arc spinning portions narrows from a corresponding pair of adjacent arcing surfaces of said body to an interior thereof in a second direction (422, 522) opposite the first direction; wherein said at least one arc spinning portion further has a center line; wherein said plurality of arcing surfaces (410, 412, 414, 416) comprises a first arcing surface and a second arcing surface adjacent said first arcing surface; wherein said at least one arc spinning portion (430, 440, 450, 460) generally separates said first arcing surface from said second arcing surface; wherein said at least one arc spinning portion comprises a first interior surface (432, 442, 452, 462) and a second interior surface (434, 444, 454, 464); wherein said first interior surface (432, 442, 452, 462) extends from said first arcing surface and said second arcing surface in the second direction; wherein said first interior surface (432, 442, 452, 462) extends generally from proximate the center point to the periphery; wherein said second interior surface (434, 444, 454, 464) is spaced from said first arcing surface and said second arcing surface; wherein said second interior surface (434, 444, 454, 464) extends from said first interior surface (432, 442, 452, 462) wherein said first interior surface (432, 442, 452, 462) extends from said first arcing surface and said second arcing surface in the second direction; wherein said first interior surface (432, 442, 452, 462) extends generally from proximate the center point to the periphery; wherein said second interior surface (434, 444, 454, 464) is spaced from said first arcing surface and said second arcing surface; wherein said second interior surface (434, 444, 454, 464) extends from said first interior surface (432, 442, 452, 462) said at least one arc spinning portion narrows from an exterior of said body to an interior thereof in a third direction from the periphery along the center line toward the center point; and further in that said second interior surface (434, 444, 454, 464) extends generally from proximate the center point toward the periphery and terminates therebetween.