C4F7 N/CO2 mixture gas is a new type of environmentally friendly gas,and the study of its arc characteristics is of great significance to the development of a new type of SF6 to replace the gas circuit breaker.This paper takes SF6,CO2 and C4F7 N-90%CO2 mixture as the research object,and establishes the arc model of CO2,SF6,C4F7 N/CO2 mixture under the conditions of DC power supply,single nozzle and fixed electrode.The main difference of breaking performance between C4F7N/CO2 mixture gas,pure CO2 gas and SF6 gas and the physical parameters closely related to breaking performance are found by analyzing the arc radial temperature distribution and arc energy diffusion velocity.The results show that under the same conditions,the radial temperature distribution of C4F7N/CO2 mixture gas is closer to that of SF6 gas,its radial heat transfer ability is stronger,and the arc heat dissipation rate is faster,which indicates that C4F7N/CO2 mixture gas has better arc extinguishing characteristics,and can be used in the development of SF6 gas circuit breaker.