Abstract:
A plated copper alloy material for connecting terminals is provided which comprises a parent material of copper or copper alloy, a nickel layer and a copper-tin alloy layer. The nickel layer has a thickness of 0.1-1.0 &mgr;m. The copper-tin alloy layer has a thickness of 0.1-1.0 &mgr;m and contains 35-75 at % of copper. The material may additionally have a tin layer no thicker than 0.5 &mgr;m for an engaging type terminal containing 0.001-0.1 mass % of carbon, or thicker than 0.5 &mgr;m for a non-engaging type connector. The material meets requirements for capability of insertion with a small force, good electric reliability (due to low contact resistance) in a high-temperature atmosphere, workability for sharp bending without cracking, good solder wettability and good corrosion resistance to sulfur dioxide gas.
Abstract:
A hillock-free wiring layer and method of forming the same are provided. The wiring layer includes at least two aluminum (Al) layers formed on a substrate, and each of the Al layers includes Al crystal particles. For any two Al layers of the wring layer, the one closer to the substrate is called the lower layer and the other one is called the higher layer. Besides, the Al crystal particles of the higher Al layer are larger and denser than that of the lower Al layer, and the lower Al layer has a higher resistance than that of the higher Al layer. By the invention, a wiring layer using either pure Al or an Al-based alloy is capable of preventing the occurrence of hillocks and reducing manufacturing cost.
Abstract:
Ni alloy or Cu alloy containing P and/or B is plated on a base metal consisting of Cu or Cu alloy as an intermediate layer, Sn or Sn alloy is further plated on the content of P or B in the plating layer is limited by carrying out reflow treatment, whereby, heat resistance and insertion and withdrawal properties are improved.
Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to provide a cladding material, which has high joining strength and excellent productivity, and a manufacturing method therefor; in order to attain this object, the present invention provides a cladding material comprising: a first material to be joined which is made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy; a second material to be joined which is made of a single metal or an alloy and which is join the first material to be joined; and an intermediate layer which is provided between the first and second materials to be joined.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a copper foil—for printed circuit boards—which is especially excellent in soft etching property and also superior in such properties as heat discoloration resistance, rust-proofing and solder-ability. The copper foil for printed circuit boards comprising a first layer formed by applying 12 to 50 mg/m2 of a sulfur-contained zinc alloy containing 0.1 to 2.5 percent by weight of sulfur on the surface on at least one side of the copper foil and a second layer formed of a chromate layer on the first layer by applying 0.5 to 2.5 mg/m2 of chromium and, if necessary, 1.5 to 6 mg/m2 of phosphorus. The process of treating the surface of copper foil for printed circuit boards comprising the steps of forming the first layer composed of a sulfur-contained zinc alloy by electrolysis by dipping at least the surface on one side of the copper foil in a solution containing a zinc compound and a sulfur compound and forming the second layer composed of chromate by electrolysis by dipping said first layer in a solution containing a chromium compound, or a chromium compound and a phosphorus compound.
Abstract:
Disclosed is an Al alloy for a welded construction having excellent welding characteristics, which Al alloy comprises 1.5 to 5 wt % of Si (hereinafter, wt % is referred to as %), 0.2 to 1.5% of Mg, 0.2 to 1.5% of Zn, 0.2 to 2% of Cu, 0.1 to 1.5% of Fe, and at least one member selected from the group consisting of 0.01 to 1.0% of Mn, 0.01 to 0.2% of Cr, 0.01 to 0.2% of Ti, 0.01 to 0.2% of Zr, and 0.01 to 0.2% of V, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities. Also disclosed is a welded joint having this Al alloy base metal welded with an Al—Mg- or Al—Si-series filler metal.
Abstract:
A plated material for connectors, having superior insertion and withdrawal properties, comprises an intermediate layer consisting of Ni alloy plating having a Vickers hardness of 450 to 750 Hv and a thickness of 0.3 to 2 &mgr;m provided on a base metal consisting of Cu or Cu alloy, a reflowed Sn or Sn alloy plated surface layer provided thereon, and an alloy layer consisting primarily of Sn—Ni and having a thickness of 0.05 to 2 &mgr;m formed by diffusion between the intermediate layer and the surface layer, in which average grain size of said Sn—Ni compound is 0.05 to 1 &mgr;m.
Abstract:
A high-strength aluminum alloy clad material for heat exchangers which excels in corrosion resistance and formability before brazing and has improved strength after brazing. The aluminum alloy clad material is made up of a core material and a brazing material, with one or both sides of the core material clad with the brazing material. The core material is made up of an aluminum alloy containing from 0.3% to less than 0.6% of Mn, from more than 0.6% to 1.0% of Cu, less than 0.1% of Si, 0.3% or less of Fe, and from 0.06% to 0.35% of Ti, with the remainder being Al and impurities; and the brazing material used to clad the core material is made up of an Al—Si aluminum alloy in which the Ca content is limited to 0.006% or less.
Abstract:
A process for producing an electrodeposited copper foil with its surface prepared, comprising the steps of: subjecting an electrodeposited copper foil having a shiny side and a matte side whose average surface roughness (Rz) is in the range of 2.5 to 10 &mgr;m to the first mechanical polishing so that the average surface roughness (Rz) of the matte side becomes 1.5 to 6 &mgr;m; and subjecting the matte side having undergone the first mechanical polishing to at least one further mechanical polishing so that the average surface roughness (Rz) of the matte side becomes 1.0 to 3.0 &mgr;m. The protrudent parts of the matte side are selectively polished by the first mechanical polishing, and the surface having undergone the first mechanical polishing is further subjected to the second and any ensuing mechanical polishings under milder conditions. Thus, a highly planar polished face with excellent surface properties can be obtained. Moreover, depressed parts are not polished, so that the amount of copper lost by the polishings is extremely minute. The use of the electrodeposited copper foil with its surface prepared according to the present invention enables forming a wiring pattern of extremely fine pitch.
Abstract:
An aluminum-coated structural member includes an Al—Si—Fe alloy layer formed on a steel substrate layer. The alloy layer includes a softer region having a hardness smaller than or equal to a hardness of the steel substrate layer, extends from the surface of the steel substrate layer toward a surface of the alloy layer, over a depth range greater than or equal to 50% of a thickness of the alloy layer. The Al—Si—Fe alloy layer has an oxide weight smaller than or equal to 500 mg/dm2.