Copper alloy sheet material, connector, and method of producing a copper alloy sheet material
AssigneeFurukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorHiroshi Kaneko
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Abstract
A copper alloy sheet material, having an alloy composition containing at least one of Ni and Co in an amount of 1.80 to 8.00 mass % in total, Si in an amount of 0.40 to 2.00 mass %, and at least one element selected from the group consisting of Sn, Zn, Ag, Mn, P, Mg, Cr, Zr, Fe, and Ti in an amount of 0.000 to 2.000 mass % in total, with the balance being copper and unavoidable impurities, wherein the major axis of the grains in the matrix is 12 μm or less; and wherein the orientation density of the {110}<001> orientation is 4 or more, and the orientation density of the {110}<112> orientation is 10 or more; a connector using thereof; and a method of producing the copper alloy sheet material.
Claims4
A copper alloy sheet material, having an alloy composition comprising at least one of Ni and Co in an amount of 1.80 to 8.00 mass % in total, Si in an amount of 0.40 to 2.00 mass %, and optionally at least one element selected from the group consisting of Sn, Zn, Ag, Mn, P, Mg, Cr, Zr, Fe, and Ti in an amount of 0.000 to 2.000 mass % in total, with the balance being copper and unavoidable impurities,
- wherein a major axis of grains in a matrix is 12 μm or less;
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- wherein an orientation density of a {110}<001> orientation is 4 or more, and an orientation density of a {110}<112> orientation is 10 or more.
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