Aluminum alloy brazing sheet and method for producing same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12508676-B2
Application number	US-202218705030-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 5, 2022
Priority date	Oct 29, 2021
Publication date	Dec 30, 2025
Grant date	Dec 30, 2025

Abstract

Provided is a brazing sheet exhibiting excellent brazing properties where an aluminum material is brazed in an inert gas atmosphere such as a nitrogen gas atmosphere without using a flux. The aluminum alloy brazing sheet used for brazing in an inert gas atmosphere without using a flux, the aluminum alloy brazing sheet comprises: a core material; and a brazing material cladded on one side surface or both side surfaces of the core material, in which the core material is formed of aluminum or an aluminum alloy, the brazing material comprises 4.00 mass % to 13.00 mass % of Si and comprises 0.10 mass % to 2.00 mass % of Mg, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities, and an integral value of Mg from a surface of the brazing material to a depth of 60 nm is 30 at %×nm to 600 at %×nm.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . An aluminum alloy brazing sheet used for brazing in an inert gas atmosphere without using a flux, the aluminum alloy brazing sheet comprising:
a core material; and a brazing material cladded on one side surface or both side surfaces of the core material, wherein the core material is formed of aluminum or an aluminum alloy, the brazing material comprises 4.00 mass % to 13.00 mass % of Si and comprises 0.50 mass % to 2.00 mass % of Mg, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities, and an integral value of Mg from a surface of the brazing material to a depth of 60 nm is 30 at % ×nm to 600 at % ×nm.

2 . The aluminum alloy brazing sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the brazing material further comprises one or two or more elements selected from 1.00 mass % or less of Bi, 0.05 mass % or less of Na, 0.05 mass % or less of Sr, 0.05 mass % or less of Sb, 8.00 mass % or less of Zn, 4.00 mass % or less of Cu, 1.00 mass % or less of Fe, 1.00 mass % or less of Mn, 0.30 mass % or less of Cr, 0.30 mass % or less of Ti, 0.30 mass % or less of Zr, 0.10 mass % or less of In, and 0.10 mass % or less of Sn.

3 . The aluminum alloy brazing sheet according to claim 1 , further comprising an intermediate material formed of aluminum or an aluminum alloy between the core material and the brazing material.

4 . A method for producing the aluminum alloy brazing sheet according to claim 1 , the method comprising:
a step of performing heating during one or more times of annealing treatment selected from intermediate annealing during pass of cold rolling and final annealing after pass of final cold working so that a value of a diffusion amount D represented by Formula (I):

D
=

Σ
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D
0

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(

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Q

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RTn
)

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Δ

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tn

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(in Formula (I), Tn represents a heating temperature (K) at each infinitesimal time when a total heating time (second) in the intermediate annealing and the final annealing is separated by an infinitesimal time Δtn (second), D 0 =1.24×10-4 (m 2 /s), Q=130 (KJ/mol), and R=8.3145 (J/mol·K)) is 7.0×10 −10 m 2 or less, when an aluminum alloy brazing sheet is produced by performing at least hot working, cold working, and one or more times of annealing treatment selected from one or more times of the intermediate annealing during pass of rolling in the cold working and the final annealing after pass of the final cold working to a stacked product with an ingot for the core material and an ingot for the brazing material on one side surface or both side surfaces of the ingot for the core material stacked.

5 . The method for producing the aluminum alloy brazing sheet according to claim 4 , wherein an annealed product is obtained by applying one or more times of annealing treatment selected from the one or more times of the intermediate annealing during pass of the rolling in the cold working and the final annealing after pass of the final cold working and thereafter an etching treatment of the brazing material surface of the annealed product is performed using one of or both of an acid and an alkaline solution.

Assignees

• Uacj Corp

Inventors

• Kumagai Hidetoshi
• YAMAYOSHI Tomoki

Classifications

• B23K35/286

  Al as the principal constituent · CPC title

• C22C21/02

  with silicon as the next major constituent · CPC title

• B23K35/0238 Primary

  layered · CPC title

• B23K35/28

  with the principal constituent melting at less than 950°C · CPC title

• B23K35/22

  characterised by the composition or nature of the material · CPC title