The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.

Shigeo Shinozaki

Shoji Shiga

Toru Tanigawa

Yoshimasa Oyama

Makoto Asai

Yoshimasa Ohyama

Tohru Tanigawa

Masato Asai

A copper alloy for electronic instruments is disclosed which comprises 2.0 to 7.0 wt. % of Sn, 1.0 to 6.0 wt. % in total amount of at least one kind of Ni, Co and Cr, o.1 to 2.0 wt. % of Si, and the remainder of Cu and unavoidable impurities, thereby further the content of O.sub.2 in unavoidable impurities being not more than 50 ppm, the content of S being not more than 20 ppm, and the average particle diameter of precipitates being not larger than 10 .mu.m. As the uses of such copper alloys, lead material for semiconductor elements and connector, socket, spring and terminal for electronic and electric instruments are claimed.

Copper alloy for electronic instruments

A copper alloy is disclosed which comprises 0.01 to 1.0 wt. % of Cr, 0.01 to 8 wt. % of Sn, 0.001 to 5 wt. % of at least one of 0.001 to 5 wt. % of Zn, 0.001 to 0.5 wt. % of Mn and 0.001 to 0.2 wt. % of Mg and the remainder of Cu, the content of O.sub.2 therein being not more than 0.005 wt. %. A method of manufacturing therefor is described wherein, after the hot processing or the heat treatment at 800.degree. to 950.degree. C., the alloy is cooled by passage through a region of 800.degree. to 400.degree. C. within 20 minutes, then following cold processing, heating treatment is carried out for at least 1 minute at 400.degree. to 650.degree. C. The alloy with the composition aforementioned is used as an alloy material for electric or electronic instruments.

Copper alloy and method of manufacturing the same

A copper alloy is disclosed, which contains 0.1 to 3.0 wt % of Ni, 0.1 to 1.0 wt % of Ti, the ratio of Ni to Ti being 4.ltoreq.Ni/Ti thereby, 0.1 to 6.0 wt % of Sn, and 0.005 to 3.0 wt % in total of one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Zn, Mn, Mg, Ca, RE, B, Sb, Te, Si, Co, Fe, Zr, Ag, Mm and Al, and consists of the remainder of Cu and the inevitable impurities. The method for the manufacture of the alloy is characterized in that, after copper alloy ingot was maintained and homogenized for 0.5 to 15 hours at 750.degree. to 960.degree. C. prior to rolling, the hot rolling is carried out starting from a temperature of 700.degree. to 880.degree. C. and the cooling is made immediately after the end of rolling.

Copper alloy for electronic instruments and method of manufacturing the

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