IP Library Granted Patent US 10,378,088
Granted Patent B2
US 10,378,088 · App. 15/541,648 · Granted Aug 13, 2019

Aluminum alloy fin material and heat exchanger

Inventors: Michihide Yoshino (Shizuoka, JP); Masakazu Edo (Shizuoka, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI ALUMINUM CO., LTD.
C22C21/10C22C21/00F28F1/126F28F21/084B23K1/0012C22F1/053F28D1/05366
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Patent No.
US 10,378,088
App. No.
15/541,648
Granted
Aug 13, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

[Problem] There is provided an aluminum alloy fin material with high strength, superior brazability and superior corrosion resistance. [Solving means] An aluminum alloy fin material has a composition, in % by mass, of the following: Zr: 0.05 to 0.25%, Mn: 1.3 to 1.8%, Si: 0.7 to 1.3%, Fe: 0.10 to 0.35%, and Zn: 1.2 to 3.0%, the remainder being Al and inevitable impurities. The aluminum alloy fin material has a solidus temperature of 615° C. or higher, a tensile strength after brazing of 135 MPa or higher, a pitting potential after brazing in the range of −900 to −780 mV, and an average crystal grain diameter in a rolled surface after brazing in the range of 200 μm to 1,000 μm.

Claims (9)

1. An aluminum alloy fin material, wherein the aluminum alloy fin material has a composition, in % by mass, of the following: Zr: 0.05 to 0.25%, Mn: 1.3 to 1.8%, Si: 0.7 to 1.3%, Fe: 0.10 to 0.35%, and Zn: 1.2 to 3.0%, the remainder being Al and inevitable impurities, and wherein the aluminum alloy fin material has a solidus temperature of 615° C. or higher, a tensile strength after brazing of 135 MPa or higher, a pitting potential after brazing in the range of −900 to −780 mV, and an average crystal grain diameter in a rolled surface after brazing in the range of 200 μm to 1,000 μm.

2. The aluminum alloy fin material according to claim 1 , further comprising, in % by mass, Cu: 0.03 to 0.10%, as compositional component.

3. The aluminum alloy fin material according to claim 2 , wherein among second-phase particles distributed in a matrix thereof after brazing, averages of the contents of Mn, Fe and Si in an Al—Mn—Fe—Si compound 0.5 μm or larger in circle-equivalent diameter satisfy a relation of Fe/(Mn+Si)<0.25 by atomic % in compound.

4. The aluminum alloy fin material according to claim 3 , wherein in a raw material before working thereof, second-phase particles distributed in a matrix thereof in the range of 0.05 to 0.4 μm in circle-equivalent diameter are present in the range of 20 to 80 particles/μm 2 .

5. The aluminum alloy fin material according to claim 2 , wherein in a raw material before working thereof, second-phase particles distributed in a matrix thereof in the range of 0.05 to 0.4 μm in circle-equivalent diameter are present in the range of 20 to 80 particles/μm 2 .

6. The aluminum alloy fin material according to claim 1 , wherein among second-phase particles distributed in a matrix thereof after brazing, averages of the contents of Mn, Fe and Si in an Al—Mn—Fe—Si compound 0.5 μm or larger in circle-equivalent diameter satisfy a relation of Fe/(Mn+Si)<0.25 by atomic % in compound.

7. The aluminum alloy fin material according to claim 6 , wherein in a raw material before working thereof, second-phase particles distributed in a matrix thereof in the range of 0.05 to 0.4 μm in circle-equivalent diameter are present in the range of 20 to 80 particles/μm 2 .

8. The aluminum alloy fin material according to claim 1 , wherein in a raw material before working thereof, second-phase particles distributed in a matrix thereof in the range of 0.05 to 0.4 μm in circle-equivalent diameter are present in the range of 20 to 80 particles/μm 2 .

9. A heat exchanger comprising the aluminum alloy fin material according to claim 1 .

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 11, 2023
From: ALTEMIRA CO., LTD.
To: MA ALUMINUM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 065185/0895 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 10, 2023
From: MMA COMPANY, LTD.
To: ALTEMIRA CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065164/0726 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 21, 2022
From: MITSUBISHI ALUMINUM CO., LTD.
To: MMA COMPANY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 062202/0216 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 5, 2017
From: YOSHINO, MICHIHIDE; EDO, MASAKAZU
To: MITSUBISHI ALUMINUM CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 042910/0260 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-024545 · Feb 10, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170349980A1 · Dec 7, 2017