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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2015
Keihin Thermal Technology Corporation, Oyama-shi, JP;
KEIHIN THERMAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Oyama-Shi, JP;
Abstract
Heat exchange tubes of a heat exchanger are formed of an alloy containing Mn (0.2 to 0.3 mass %), Cu (0.1 mass % or less), and Fe (0.2 mass % or less), the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities. A Zn diffused layer is formed in an outer surface layer portion of the peripheral wall of each heat exchange tube. T≦200, 0.57≦A≦1.5, D/T≦0.55, and 0.0055≦A/D≦0.025 are satisfied, where T is the thickness [μm] of the peripheral wall of the heat exchange tube, A is the Zn concentration [mass %] at the outermost surface of the outer surface layer portion, and D is the maximum depth [μm] of the Zn diffused layer. The spontaneous potential of the Zn diffused layer is lower than that of a portion of the peripheral wall located on the inner side of the Zn diffused layer.