Ngk Insulators, Inc.

Takefumi Ito

Yuji Yoshida

Kei Saegusa

Takayuki Kemmotsu

Chisako Maeda

A copper alloy according to the present invention is a copper alloy rolled to be plate-shaped. The copper alloy contains 8.5 to 9.5 mass % of Ni, 5.5 to 6.5 mass % of Sn with a remainder being Cu and unavoidable impurities. An average diameter of crystal grains in a cross section perpendicular to a rolling direction is less than 6 &#x3bc;m. A ratio x/y of an average length x of the crystal grains in a plate width direction to an average length y in a plate thickness direction satisfies 1&#x2264;x/y&#x2264;2.5. An X-ray diffracted intensity ratio in a plate surface parallel to the rolling direction of the copper alloy includes, when an X-ray diffracted intensity of a (220) plane is standardized as 1, an intensity ratio of a (200) plane being 0.30 or less, an intensity ratio of a (111) plane being 0.45 or less, and an intensity ratio of a (311) plane being 0.60 or less. The intensity ratio of the (111) plane is greater than the intensity ratio of the (200) plane and smaller than the intensity ratio of the (311) plane.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Takefumi Ito