There is provided an aluminum alloy brazing sheet having an improved brazability than in the related art while keeping the post-braze strength, workability, corrosion resistance, and the like at respective prescribed or higher levels. An aluminum alloy brazing sheet has a two-layered structure in which on one side of a core material, a brazing material is provided. The core material contains Si: 0.6 to 1.0 mass %, Cu: 0.6 to 1.0 mass %, Mn: 0.7 to 1.8 mass %, Mg: 0.1 to 0.7 mass %, and Ti: 0.06 to 0.20 mass %, and the balance including Al and inevitable impurities. The brazing material includes an aluminum alloy containing Si: 3.0 to 12.0 mass %, the gage of the aluminum alloy brazing sheet is 0.6 to 1.4 mm, and the area ratio of a {001} plane in the core material surface is 0.3 or more.

Aluminum alloy brazing sheet

An aluminum alloy brazing sheet makes it possible to inexpensively braze aluminum in a nitrogen gas furnace without using flux and a toxic element The aluminum alloy brazing sheet is used for brazing aluminum in an inert gas atmosphere without using flux, and includes a core material and a filler metal, one side or each side of the core material being clad with the filler metal, the core material being formed of an aluminum alloy that includes 02 to 13 mass % of Mg, and the filler metal including 6 to 13 mass % of Si and 0004 to 01 mass % of Li, with the balance being aluminum and unavoidable impurities

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.

Aluminum alloy clad sheet for heat exchanger

A core material for an aluminum alloy clad material contains Si in a content of 0.3% to 1.5% (hereinafter “%” means “percent by mass”), Mn in a content of 0.3% to 2.0%, Cu in a content of 0.3% to 1.5%, Ti in a content of 0.01% to 0.5%, and B in a content of 0.001% to 0.1%, with the remainder including Al and inevitable impurities. The core material and an aluminum alloy clad material using the same ensure sufficient corrosion resistance and give a product having an extended life.

Aluminum alloy clad member adopted to heat exchanger, and core material for the same

A brazing sheet material including a core alloy layer bonded on at least one side with an aluminium brazing clad layer or layers forming a filler material of a 4000-series aluminium alloy. The core layer is made from an aluminium alloy having (in wt. %): Mg 1.0 to 3.0, Mn 0 to 1.8, Cu 0 to 0.8, Si 0 to 0.7, Fe 0 to 0.7, optionally one or more elements selected from the group (Zr, Cr, Hf, T), Zn 0 to 0.5, impurities and aluminium. The filler material forms a 4000-series aluminium alloy further including one or more wetting elements selected from Bi 0.03-0.5, Pb 0.03-0.5, Sb 0.03- 0.5, Li 0.03-0.5, Se 0.03-0.5, Y 0.03-0.05, Th 0.03-0.05, wherein the sum of these elements being 0.5% or less.

Aluminium brazing sheet material for fluxless brazing

An aluminum alloy brazing sheet for heat exchangers has a core, a sacrificial material formed on one side of the core, and a brazing filler metal formed on the other side of core. The core is made of an aluminum alloy containing predetermined amounts of Si, Cu, and Mn, the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities. The sacrificial material is made of an aluminum alloy containing predetermined amounts of Si, Zn, and Mg with the balance of Al and unavoidable impurities. The brazing filler metal is made of an aluminum alloy. The aluminum alloy brazing sheet for heat exchangers has a work hardening exponent n of not less than 0.05. The aluminum alloy brazing sheet for heat exchangers has excellent strength and corrosion resistance even when it is formed into a thin material and also has excellent high frequency weldability and weld cracking resistance during electric resistance welding (high frequency welding properties).

Kenji Negura

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Aluminum alloy brazing sheet for heat exchanger