Copper alloy for electronic/electric device, copper alloy sheet/strip material for electronic/electric device, component for electronic/electric device, terminal, and busbar

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2021002743-A1
Application number	US-201916976351-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 28, 2019
Priority date	Mar 30, 2018
Publication date	Jan 7, 2021
Grant date	—

Abstract

A copper alloy includes, by mass %: Mg: 0.15%-0.35%; and P: 0.0005%-0.01%, with a remainder being Cu and unavoidable impurities, wherein [Mg]+20×[P]<0.5 is satisfied. Among the unavoidable impurities, H is 10 mass ppm or less, O is 100 mass ppm or less, S is 50 mass ppm or less, and C is 10 mass ppm or less. In addition, 0.20<(NF J2 /(1−NF J3 )) 0.5 ≤0.45 is satisfied where a proportion of J3, in which all three grain boundaries constituting a grain boundary triple junction are special grain boundaries, to a total grain boundary triple junctions is NF J3 , and a proportion of J2, in which two grain boundaries constituting a grain boundary triple junction are special grain boundaries and one grain boundary is a random grain boundary, to the total grain boundary triple junctions is NF J2 .

First claim

1 . A copper alloy for electronic or electric devices, comprising:
Mg in a range of 0.15 mass % or greater and less than 0.35 mass %; and P in a range of 0.0005 mass % or greater and less than 0.01 mass %, with a remainder being Cu and unavoidable impurities, wherein an amount of Mg [Mg] and an amount of P [P] in terms of mass ratio satisfy a relation:
[Mg]+20×[P]<0.5,

an amount of H is 10 mass ppm or less, an amount of O is 100 mass ppm or less, an amount of S is 50 mass ppm or less, and an amount of C is 10 mass ppm or less, all of which are the unavoidable impurities, and a surface orthogonal to a rolling width direction is used as an observation surface, measurement regarding a matrix is performed on a measurement area of 10,000 μm 2 or larger at every measurement intervals of 0.25 μm by an EBSD method, measured results are analyzed by data analysis software OIM to obtain a CI value in each measurement point, a measurement point in which a CI value is 0.1 or less is removed, a boundary having more than 15° of an orientation difference between neighboring measuring points is assigned as a grain boundary, a coincidence boundary in which a Σ value is 29 or less is defined as a special grain boundary, and the remaining grain boundaries are defined as random grain boundaries, then, with regard to grain boundary triple junctions analyzed by the OIM, 0.20<(NF J2 /(1−NF J3 )) 0.5 ≤0.45 is satisfied in a case where a proportion of J3, in which all three grain boundaries constituting a grain boundary triple junction are special grain boundaries, to total grain boundary triple junctions is represented by NF J3 , and a proportion of J2, in which two grain boundaries constituting a grain boundary triple junction are special grain boundaries and one grain boundary is a random grain boundary, to the total grain boundary triple junctions is represented by NF J2 .

2 . The copper alloy for electronic or electric devices according to claim 1 ,
wherein an electrical conductivity is greater than 75% IACS.

3 . The copper alloy for electronic or electric devices according to claim 1 ,
wherein the amount of Mg [Mg] and the amount of P [P] in terms of mass ratio satisfy a relation:
[Mg]/[P]≤400.

4 . The copper alloy for electronic or electric devices according to claim 1 ,
wherein a 0.2% proof stress measured by performing a tensile test in a direction parallel to a rolling direction is 200 MPa or greater.

5 . The copper alloy for electronic or electric devices according to claim 1 ,
wherein a residual stress rate is 75% or greater under conditions of 150° C. for 1,000 hours.

6 . A copper alloy plate or strip material for electronic or electric devices, comprising:
the copper alloy for electronic or electric devices according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the copper alloy plate or strip material is more than 0.5 mm.

7 . The copper alloy plate or strip material for electronic or electric devices according to claim 6 , further comprising a Sn plating layer or a Ag plating layer on a surface thereof.

8 . A component for electronic or electric devices, comprising the copper alloy plate or strip material for electronic or electric devices according to claim 6 .

9 . A terminal comprising the copper alloy plate or strip material for electronic or electric devices according to claim 6 .

10 . A busbar comprising the copper alloy plate or strip material for electronic or electric devices according to claim 6 .

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Materials Corp

Inventors

• Matsunaga Hirotaka
• Kawasaki Kenichiro
• Mori Hiroyuki
• Maki Kazunari
• AKISAKA Yoshiteru

Classifications

• H01B1/026

  Alloys based on copper · CPC title

• C22C9/00 Primary

  Alloys based on copper · CPC title

• C22F1/08 Primary

  of copper or alloys based thereon · CPC title

• B60M1/30

  Power rails · CPC title

• H01B1/02

  mainly consisting of metals or alloys · CPC title