Aluminum alloy clad sheet for heat exchanger
AssigneeKobe Steel, Ltd.
InventorsNobuhiro Kobayashi, Shinji Sakashita, Toshiki Ueda
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Abstract
An aluminum alloy clad sheet for heat exchangers includes a core layer, a sacrificial layer disposed on one side of the core layer, and a brazing layer of an Al—Si alloy disposed on the other side of the core layer, wherein the core layer contains Si: 0.15% to 1.6% by mass, Mn: 0.3% to 2.0% by mass, Cu: 0.1% to 1.0% by mass, Ti: 0.02% to 0.30% by mass, and the remainder of Al and incidental impurities, and the sacrificial layer contains Zn: 4.0% to 10.0% by mass, Cr: 0.01% to 0.5% by mass, and the remainder of Al and incidental impurities.
Claims20
An aluminum alloy clad sheet, comprising:
- (i) a core layer;
- (ii) a sacrificial layer disposed on one side of the core layer;
- and
- (iii) a brazing layer comprising an Al—Si alloy disposed on the other side of the core layer,
- wherein the core layer (i) comprises Al and, by mass,
- Si:
- 0.15% to 1.6%,
- Mn:
- 0.3% to 2.0%,
- Cu:
- 0.1% to 1.0%, and
- Ti:
- 0.02% to 0.30%,
- wherein the sacrificial layer (ii) comprises Al and, by mass,
- Zn:
- 4.0% to 10.0%,
- Cr:
- 0.01% to 0.5%,
- Si:
- 1.0% or less, excluding 0%,
- Mn:
- 2.0% or less excluding 0%,
- wherein a maximum size of Al—Mn, Al—Mn—Si, and Al—Cu intermetallic compounds precipitated in the sacrificial layer (ii) after brazing heating at 595° C. for 3 minutes in an electron micrograph of a cross section of the sacrificial layer (ii) vertical to a rolling direction of the sacrificial layer (ii) ranges from 10 nm to 1 μm in terms of equivalent circular diameter,
- wherein a number density of Al—Mn, Al—Mn—Si, and Al—Cu intermetallic compounds having an equivalent circular diameter in a range of 10 nm to 1 μm is 1×105/mm2 or more, and
- wherein an area percentage of Al—Mn, Al—Mn—Si, and Al—Cu intermetallic compounds having an equivalent circular diameter in the range of 10 nm to 1 μm is 4% or less.
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