Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a copper pipe that is capable of exhibiting higher corrosion resistance with respect to formicary corrosion, can be suitably used in air conditioners and freezing equipment, and has excellent long-term anti-corrosion properties, and to advantageously improve the service life of equipment configured using such copper pipe. The copper pipe is configured from a material, which contains P (phosphorus) in a proportion of 0.15-0.50 weight %, in which oxygen content is 30 ppm by weight or less, and the balance is made of Cu and unavoidable impurities.

Abstract: Provided is a corrosion resistant copper tube which can exhibit a further improved resistance to ant nest corrosion, and which is suitably usable as a heat transfer tube and refrigerant tube in air-conditioning equipment and refrigerating equipment. The copper tube is formed of a copper material comprising a copper alloy consisting of 0.15-0.50% by weight of phosphorus and the balance being copper and impurities, wherein the copper material includes phosphorus oxide particles, such that a number density of particles having a circle equivalent diameter of not less than 0.1 ?m among the phosphorus oxide particles is not more than 50000/mm2.

Abstract: Use of a heat transfer tube in a damp environment in air-conditioning equipment and exposed to corrosive action caused by a corrosive medium comprising at least one lower carboxylic acid, the heat transfer tube a copper tube comprising 0.10-1.0% by weight of P and the balance consisting of Cu and inevitable impurities. The corrosive action progresses in the form of an ants' nest from an outer surface of the heat transfer tube in a direction of its wall thickness, wherein. Also, use of a copper tube comprising 0.10-1.0% by weight of P and the balance consisting of Cu and inevitable impurities for improving corrosion-resistance against ant nest corrosion caused by a corrosive medium consisting of a lower carboxylic acid in a damp environment, method of inhibiting ants' nest corrosion in a heat transfer tube, and a method of positioning a tube in an air conditioning apparatus or a refrigeration apparatus.

Abstract: Provided is a corrosion resistant copper tube which can exhibit a further improved resistance to ant nest corrosion, and which is suitably usable as a heat transfer tube and refrigerant tube in air-conditioning equipment and refrigerating equipment. The copper tube is formed of a copper material comprising a copper alloy consisting of 0.15-0.50% by weight of phosphorus and the balance being copper and impurities, wherein the copper material includes phosphorus oxide particles, such that a number density of particles having a circle equivalent diameter of not less than 0.1 ?m among the phosphorus oxide particles is not more than 50000/mm2.

Abstract: A corrosion resistant copper tube which can exhibit a further improved resistance to ant nest corrosion, and which is suitably usable as a heat transfer tube and refrigerant tube in air-conditioning equipment and refrigerating equipment. The copper tube is formed of a copper material consisting of 0.15-0.6% by weight of phosphorus and the balance being copper and impurities, and has electric conductivity (Y1 or Y2: % IACS) which satisfies 50-75X?Y1?60-75X in the case where the tube includes a recrystallized structure, or 47-75X?Y2?57-75X in the case where the tube includes a deformation structure, wherein X (% by weight) represents a content of phosphorus.