Abstract: An aluminum alloy brazing sheet used for brazing in an inert gas atmosphere without using flux includes a core material of aluminum or aluminum alloy, and a brazing material of aluminum alloy including Si of 4.0 mass % to 13.0 mass % and cladding one side surface or both side surfaces of the core material. One or both of the core material and the brazing material includes any one or two or more types of X atoms (X is Mg, Li, Be, Ca, Ce, La, Y, and Zr). The aluminum alloy brazing sheet is a brazing sheet in which oxide particles including the X atoms and having a volume change ratio of 0.99 or lower with respect to an oxide film before brazing heating are formed on a surface thereof, by brazing heating.

Abstract: An aluminum alloy material comprises: Si: less than 0.2 mass %, Fe: 0.1 to 0.3 mass %, Cu: 1.0 to 2.5 mass %, Mn: 1.0 to 1.6 mass %, and Mg: 0.1 to 1.0 mass %, the balance being Al and incidental impurities. A number density of Al—Mn compound having a circle equivalent diameter of not less than 0.1 ?m is not less than 1.0×105 mm?2, and a number density of Al2Cu having a circle equivalent diameter of not less than 0.1 ?m is not more than 1.0×105 mm?2.

Abstract: An Al alloy sheet for a can body and a method for manufacturing the Al alloy sheet are provided. The Al sheet has a predetermined Al alloy composition, and is configured so that the solid solution Mn content thereof after hot rolling is 0.25 mass % or greater, the solid solution Fe content is 0.02 mass % or greater, and the solid solution Si content is 0.07 mass % or greater. The electrical conductivity thereof is 30.0-40.0% IACS, the tensile strength in the rolling direction of a cold-rolled sheet thereof is 280-320 MPa, the tensile strength in the rolling direction after heat treatment at 205° C. for 10 minutes is 270-310 MPa, and the difference between the tensile strength in the rolling direction and the yield stress in the rolling direction after heat treatment at 205° C. for 10 minutes is 50 MPa or less.

Abstract: An aluminum alloy thick plate is formed of an aluminum alloy including Mg of 2.0 to 5.0 mass %. The aluminum alloy thick plate has a plate thickness of 300 to 400 mm. A is 160 pieces/cm2 or less and B is 1.15 times or more as large as A, where (i) A (pieces/cm2) is a maximum value in numbers of porosities with an equivalent circle diameter of 50 ?m or more in each of positions located at a center portion in a plate thickness direction and at positions of 0.39 Wa to 0.48 Wa in a plate width direction; and (ii) B (pieces/cm2) is a maximum value in numbers of porosities with an equivalent circle diameter of 50 ?m or more in each of positions located at the center portion in the plate thickness direction and at positions of 0.12 Wa to 0.30 Wa in the plate width direction.

Abstract: The aluminum member of the present disclosure includes a mother material containing aluminum or an aluminum alloy, and an anodic oxide film on the surface of the mother material, in which the arithmetical mean roughness Ra, the mean length of roughness curve elements RSm, and the Hunter whiteness of the aluminum member, measured from the surface side of the anodic oxide film, are 0.1 ?m or more, 10 ?m or less, and 60 to 90, respectively.

Abstract: An aluminum alloy brazing sheet used for brazing in an inert gas atmosphere without using flux includes a core material of aluminum or aluminum alloy, and a brazing material of aluminum alloy including Si of 4.0 mass % to 13.0 mass % and cladding one side surface or both side surfaces of the core material. One or both of the core material and the brazing material includes any one or two or more types of X atoms (X is Mg, Li, Be, Ca, Ce, La, Y, and Zr). The aluminum alloy brazing sheet is a brazing sheet in which oxide particles including the X atoms and having a volume change ratio of 0.99 or lower with respect to an oxide film before brazing heating are formed on a surface thereof, by brazing heating.

Abstract: An aluminum alloy heat exchanger includes a core material formed of an aluminum alloy including Mn of 0.60 to 2.00 mass % and Cu of 1.00 mass % or less, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities, and a sacrificial anode material formed of an aluminum alloy including Zn of 2.50 to 10.00 mass %, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities. Pitting potential of a sacrificial anode material surface of a tube of the aluminum alloy heat exchanger in a 5% NaCl solution is ?800 (mV vs Ag/AgCl) or less, and pitting potential of an aluminum fin of the aluminum alloy heat exchanger in a 5% NaCl solution is equal to or more than the pitting potential of the sacrificial anode material surface of the tube of the aluminum alloy heat exchanger in a 5% NaCl solution.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for producing an aluminum alloy rolled material for deformation molding, the method including: a step of performing homogenization treatment of an ingot including an aluminum alloy with predetermined composition; a step of cooling the aluminum alloy after the homogenization treatment so that an average cooling rate in an ingot thickness of ¼ part from 500° C. to 320° C. is 30° C./h to 2000° C./h; and a step of starting hot rolling at 370° C. to 440° C. and winding the hot-rolled aluminum alloy at 310 to 380° C., in which the method for producing an aluminum alloy rolled material for deformation molding further includes a step of retaining the aluminum alloy after the cooling step for 0.17 hours or more at a heating temperature before rolling set within a range of 370° C. to 440° C. before the hot rolling.

Abstract: An aluminum alloy heat exchanger includes a core material formed of an aluminum alloy comprising Mn of 0.60 to 2.00 mass % and Cu of 1.00 mass % or less, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities, and a sacrificial anode material formed of an aluminum alloy comprising Zn of 2.50 to 10.00 mass %, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities. Pitting potential of a sacrificial anode material surface of a tube of the aluminum alloy heat exchanger in a 5% NaCl solution is ?800 (mV vs Ag/AgCl) or less, and pitting potential of an aluminum fin of the aluminum alloy heat exchanger in a 5% NaCl solution is less than the pitting potential of the sacrificial anode material surface of the tube of the aluminum alloy heat exchanger in a 5% NaCl solution.

Abstract: Provided is an aluminum alloy substrate for a magnetic disk that includes an aluminum alloy containing 0.4 to 3.0 mass % (hereinafter abbreviated as “%”) of Fe, 0.005% to 1.000% of Cu, and 0.005% to 1.000% of Zn, with a balance of Al and unavoidable impurities. This substrate has a ratio A/B of 0.70 or more, where A indicates a distribution density of Al—Fe intermetallic compound particles having maximum diameters of 10 ?m or more and less than 16 ?m, and B indicates a distribution density of Al—Fe intermetallic compound particles having maximum diameters of 10 ?m or more. The distribution density of Al—Fe intermetallic compound particles having maximum diameters of 40 ?m or more is at most one per square millimeter. Also provided are a method of fabricating this aluminum alloy substrate for a magnetic disk and a magnetic disk composed of the aluminum alloy substrate for a magnetic disk.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a high-quality electrolytic aluminum foil which includes a smooth surface and an end portion containing no dendritic deposit, and a method for producing the same which can obtain the electrolytic aluminum foil at a high collection rate. An electrolytic aluminum foil of the present disclosure includes a surface having an arithmetic average height (Sa) of 0.15 ?m or less, wherein when, for a size of a crystal grain present in a cross-sectional surface, a first maximum dimension as measured in a thickness direction of the cross-sectional surface is x (?m), and a second maximum dimension as measured in a width direction of the cross-sectional surface is y (?m), x and y satisfy (x+y)/2?3 ?m and 1?x/y?4.

Abstract: A three-layer clad material includes a core material, a cladding material 1, and a cladding material 2, the core material including an aluminum alloy that includes 0.5 to 1.8% of Mn, and either or both of more than 0.05% and less than 0.2% of Cu, and 0.05 to 0.30% of Ti, with the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities, the cladding material 1 including an aluminum alloy that includes 3 to 10% of Si, and 1 to 10% of Zn, with the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities, and the cladding material 2 including an aluminum alloy that includes 3 to 13% of Si, and 0.05% or less of Cu, with the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities, wherein the Si content X (%) in the cladding material 1 and the Si content Y (%) in the cladding material 2 satisfy the value (Y?X) is ?1.5 to 9%.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an aluminum member including a mother material containing aluminum or an aluminum alloy, and an anodic oxide film on the surface of the mother material. The anodic oxide film has a barrier layer on the surface of the mother material, and a porous layer on the barrier layer), and the BET specific surface area of the anodic oxide film is 0.1 to 10.0 m2/g.

Abstract: An extruded aluminum flat multi-hole tube manufactured by extrusion molding includes therein a plurality of refrigerant passages extending in a tube length direction and including an upper wall surface and a lower wall surface opposed to each other and a pair of opposed sidewall surfaces. A ridge extending in the tube length direction is formed only on the upper wall surface of the refrigerant passage. The height of the ridge is 5 to 25% of the vertical width of the refrigerant passage. The ratio of the horizontal width at ½ the height of the ridge with respect to the horizontal width of the refrigerant passage is 0.05 to 0.30. The ratio of the horizontal width per inter-ridge flat portion of the upper wall surface with respect to the horizontal width of the refrigerant passage is 0.20 or less.

Abstract: An aluminum alloy for casting, made of an Al—Si—Cu—Mg alloy which consists of specific amounts of Si, Cu, and Mg, in addition to specifically desired amounts of titanium, phosphorus, boron, and optional additional chemical elements sodium and strontium, with the balance of the aluminum alloy comprising aluminum and any impurities. When a content of phosphorus is defined as X mass %, the content of phosphorus, a content of Y mass % of sodium, and a content of Z mass % of strontium satisfy the following relationships: 0.45Y+0.24Z+0.003?X?0.45Y+0.24Z+0.01; 0?Y?0.01; and 0?Z?0.03. The aluminum alloy ensures surface smoothness of a cast article by specifying the phosphorus content. This minimizes a surface segregation layer, even in production of a cast article using a molten metal containing a eutectic structure modifier such as sodium.

Abstract: A bumper structural body (100) includes a bumper reinforcement (10), energy absorbing members (30a, 30b), and intermediate members (50a, 50b). The sloped sections (12a, 12b) of the bumper reinforcement (10) are connected to the energy absorbing members (30a, 30b) and the intermediate members (50a, 50b). The intermediate members (50a, 50b) are each formed in a quadrilateral by connecting a first portion (51) contacting the energy absorbing member (30a, 30b), a second portion (52) contacting the bumper reinforcement (10), and portions connecting the first portion (51) and the second portion (52).

Abstract: A brazing sheet brazing suitable for brazing performed in an inert gas atmosphere or in a vacuum without using a flux includes a filler layered on a core. The core is composed of an aluminum alloy containing 0.20-1.3 mass % Mg. The filler is composed of an aluminum alloy containing Si: 6.0-13.0 mass % Si, 0.0040-0.070 mass % Bi, and 0.051-0.10 mass % Mg.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a fin material made of an aluminum alloy for heat exchangers with no fin buckling deformation and having excellent buckling resistance in a temperature range of 400° C. to 580° C. before a filler alloy melts at the time of brazing is provided. The fin material made of an aluminum alloy for heat exchangers contains 1.0 to 2.0 mass % of Mn, 0.7 to 1.4 mass % of Si, and 0.05 to 0.3 mass % of Fe, with the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities, in which a number density of intermetallic compounds having a circle-equivalent diameter of 0.025 to 0.4 ?m is 3.0×106 particles/mm2 or more, and an amount of solid solution of Mn is 0.3 mass % or less.

Abstract: An aluminum alloy heat exchanger for an exhaust gas recirculation system, obtained by brazing: a tube material comprising at least a core material made of aluminum alloy comprising 0.10 to 1.50% of Si, 0.05 to 3.00% of Cu, and 0.40 to 2.00% of Mn, and a sacrificial anticorrosion material made of aluminum alloy comprising 2.00 to 6.00% of Zn, with a Si content of less than 0.10%, clad on the inner side surface of the core material; and a fin material comprising a core material made of aluminum alloy comprising 0.10 to 1.50% of Si, and 0.40 to 2.00% of Mn, with a Zn content of less than 0.05%, and a brazing material clad on both surfaces of the core material, made of aluminum alloy comprising 3.00 to 13.00% of Si, with a Zn content of less than 0.05%.

Abstract: A production method of aluminum including: a step of synthesizing an aluminum compound from a mixture including a halogenated aluminum hydrate and a perfluoroalkylsulfonimide-type or perfluoroalkylsulfonamide-type ionic liquid represented by general formula (1); a step of dissolving the aluminum compound in a nitrile-based organic solvent to prepare an aluminum electrolyte; a step of adding at least one ligand selected from a phosphorus compound and an organic compound having an amide group to the aluminum electrolyte and dehydrating water molecules from a hydrate included in the aluminum electrolyte; and a step of electrodepositing aluminum on a cathode by allowing electricity to pass between an anode and the cathode in the aluminum electrolyte after the dehydrating step.