Abstract: Provided are: an aluminum alloy sheet for automobile structural member use having strength, formability, crushing properties, and corrosion resistance at excellent levels with balance; an automobile structural member; and a method for producing an aluminum alloy sheet for automobile structural member use. The aluminum alloy sheet for automobile structural member use is an Al—Mg—Si aluminum alloy sheet containing, in mass percent, 0.4% to 1.0% of Mg, 0.6% to 1.2% of Si, and less than 0.7% of Cu, with the remainder consisting of Al and impurities. The aluminum alloy sheet has an earing rate of ?10.0% to ?3.0%.

Abstract: This aluminum alloy brazing sheet is provided with: a core material comprising 2.0 mass % or less (including 0 mass %) of Mg and a remainder of Al and unavoidable impurities; and a brazing material comprising Si, Bi, Mg, and a remainder of Al and unavoidable impurities. The aluminum alloy brazing sheet satisfies the expressions 3?CSi?13, 0.13CMg?0.3?CBi?0.58CMg0.45, CMg-b?0.1, and 0.2?CMg?1.1 when the Si content of the brazing material is denoted by CSi, the Bi content of the brazing material is denoted by CBi, the Mg content of the brazing material is denoted by CMg-b, the Mg content of the core material is denoted by CMg-c, and CMg=CMg-b+CMg-c/2.

Abstract: Provided is a brazing method for an aluminum alloy brazing sheet provided with a core material and a brazing material in which the Si content of the brazing material is denoted by CSi, the Bi content of the brazing material is denoted by CBi, the Mg content of the brazing material is denoted by CMg-b, the Mg content of the core material is denoted by CMg-c, CMg=CMg-b+CMg-c/2, and an aluminum alloy brazing sheet satisfying 3?CSi?13, 0.13CMg?0.3?CBi?0.58CMg0.45, CMg-b?0.1, and 0.2?CMg?1.1 is brazed in an inert gas atmosphere at a heating temperature of 560-620° C. without using flux.

Abstract: This brazed structure includes a brazing sheet that has been brazed and that comprises: a core material comprising an aluminum alloy which contains 0.3-1.0 mass %, excluding 0.3 mass %, Si, 0.6-2.0 mass %, excluding 0.6 mass %, Mn, 0.3-1.0 mass %, excluding 0.3 mass %, Cu, and 0.15-0.5 mass %, excluding 0.15 mass %, Mg, with the remainder comprising Al and unavoidable impurities, and has an average crystal grain diameter of 50 ?m or larger and in which an Mg—Si intermetallic compound and an Al—Mg—Si—Cu intermetallic compound account for 40% or less of the grain boundaries; and, clad to the core material, a brazing material comprising an Al—Si alloy.

Abstract: The present invention provides an aluminum alloy brazing sheet for electric resistance welding, which has high strength while being thinned and can reduce the occurrence of welding defects in the electric resistance welding. Disclosed is an aluminum alloy brazing sheet for electric resistance welding, including a core layer and a brazing filler layer cladded on at least one surface of the core layer, wherein the brazing filler layer is made of an aluminum alloy comprising Si: 5.5 to 12.0% by mass, and at least one of Na: 0.0003 to 0.0030% by mass and Sr: 0.0020 to 0.1000% by mass, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities, wherein the brazing filler layer in a molten state at 650° C. exhibits a viscosity of 0.01 Pa·s or less.

Abstract: A brazing sheet formed of an aluminum alloy and exhibiting excellent post-brazing strength, corrosion resistance and brazability with a thickness of less than 200 ?m is provided. The brazing sheet includes a core layer, a filler layer of an Al—Si based alloy on one side of the core layer, and a sacrificial layer on the other side of the core layer. The core layer includes more than 1.5 mass % and 2.5 mass % or less of Cu, 0.5 mass % to 2.0 mass % of Mn, Al, and inevitable impurities. The sacrificial layer includes 2.0 mass % to 7.0 mass % of Zn, more than 0.10 mass % and 3.0 mass % or less of Mg, Al, and inevitable impurities. The filler layer and the sacrificial layer each have a thickness of 15 ?m to 50 ?m. A total clad rate of the filler layer and the sacrificial layer is equal to or less than 50%.

Abstract: An aluminum alloy brazing sheet 1 characterized by comprising a core material 2, a brazing material 3 made of an Al—Si based alloy provided on one surface of the core material 2, a sacrificial material 4 provided on another surface of the core material 2, and an intermediate material 5 provided between the core material 2 and the sacrificial material 4; a plate thickness being less than 200 ?m; the core material 2 containing a predetermined amount of Mn and Cu, with a balance being Al and inevitable impurities; the sacrificial material 4 containing a predetermined amount of Zn and less than a predetermined amount of Mg, with a balance being Al and inevitable impurities; and the intermediate material 5 containing a predetermined amount of Mg with a balance being Al and inevitable impurities.

Abstract: A brazing sheet includes a core material containing an aluminum alloy including magnesium, a bonding material laminated on at least one side of the core material, and a flux layer. The flux layer is laminated on one side of the bonding material and includes a flux composition. The flux composition includes [A] a flux component containing KAlF4, and [B] AlF3. A substance mass S1 (mol) of magnesium in the bonding material when heated at 585° C., a substance mass S2 (mol) of [A] the flux component containing KAlF4 in the flux layer and a substance mass S3 (mol) of [B] AlF3 satisfy the specific expression.

Abstract: Disclosed is an aluminum composite material including an aluminum alloy material containing magnesium, and a bonding material formed by brazing using a flux, the bonding material being adapted to bond the aluminum alloy material thereto. In the aluminum composite material, the bonding material contains a magnesium-containing compound other than KMgF3 and MgF2. The present invention provides an aluminum composite material with satisfactory brazeability to an aluminum alloy material containing magnesium, a heat exchanger including the aluminum composite material, and a flux suitable for use in braze.

Abstract: This brazing flux composition for an aluminum alloy is characterized by containing [A] a flux component containing KAlF4 and [B] a fluoride that does not contain K and that contains elements other than group 1 elements and group 2 elements: being in a particle form of single component of [B] the fluoride; and the added amount (C) (mass %) of [B] the fluoride with respect to [A] the flux component and the average particle size (d) (?m) satisfying formula (1), 0.83C?0.19d<43??(1).

Abstract: Disclosed is a flux composition for use in brazing of an aluminum alloy material and includes a flux component [A] containing KAlF4; and a fluoride [B] containing an element other than Group 1 elements and Group 2 elements and containing no potassium (K). Also disclosed is a brazing sheet which includes an aluminum alloy core; a filler material lying on or over at least one side of the core; and a flux layer lying on or over one side of the filler material and including the flux composition.

Abstract: The present invention provides an aluminum alloy brazing sheet for electric resistance welding, which has high strength while being thinned and can reduce the occurrence of welding defects in the electric resistance welding. Disclosed is an aluminum alloy brazing sheet for electric resistance welding, including a core layer and a brazing filler layer cladded on at least one surface of the core layer, wherein the brazing filler layer is made of an aluminum alloy comprising Si: 5.5 to 12.0% by mass, and at least one of Na: 0.0003 to 0.0030% by mass and Sr: 0.0020 to 0.1000% by mass, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities, wherein the brazing filler layer in a molten state at 650° C. exhibits a viscosity of 0.01 Pa·s or less.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a brazing method for an aluminum alloy brazing sheet including a core material and a brazing filler material provided in one surface of the core material. The core material includes an aluminum alloy containing Mg: more than 0.5 mass % and 2.5 mass % or less. The brazing filler material includes an aluminum alloy containing Si: 3 mass % or more and 13 mass % or less and Bi: 0.01 mass % or more and 1.00 mass % or less. The brazing method includes brazing the aluminum alloy brazing sheet in an inert gas atmosphere at a heating temperature of 560 to 620° C. without using a flux.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an aluminum alloy brazing sheet including a core material and a brazing filler material provided on one surface of the core material. The core material contains Mn: 0.5 mass % or more and 2.5 mass % or less and Mg: more than 0.5 mass % and 2.5 mass % or less, with the remainder being Al and unavoidable impurities. The brazing filler material contains Si: 3 mass % or more and 13 mass % or less and Bi: 0.01 mass % or more and 1.00 mass % or less, with the remainder being Al and unavoidable impurities.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a brazing sheet made of an aluminum alloy, which can maintain excellent strength after braizing and corrosion resistance even though the sheet is thinned The brazing sheet 1A includes a core material 2, a brazing material 4 provided on at least one side of the core material 2, and an intermediate layer 3 provided between the core material 2 and the brazing material 4 on the at least one side, wherein the core material 2 includes Cu: 0.50 to 1.10% by mass, Si: 0.10 to 1.10% by mass, and Mn: 0.60 to 2.00% by mass, and Al and inevitable impurities, and the intermediate layer 3 includes Zn: 0.50 to 10.00% by mass, and Si: exceeding 0.20% by mass and 1.10% by mass or less, and Al and inevitable impurities, and wherein the brazing material 4 is made of an AlSi based alloy.

Abstract: An aluminum alloy brazing sheet for heat exchangers has a core, a sacrificial material formed on one side of the core, and a brazing filler metal formed on the other side of the core. The core is made of an aluminum alloy containing Si, Cu, Mn, and Al. The sacrificial material is made of an aluminum alloy containing Si, Zn, Mg, and Al. The brazing filler metal is made of an aluminum alloy. The aluminum alloy brazing sheet for heat exchangers has a work hardening exponent n of not less than 0.05. The core has an average crystal grain size of not more than 10 ?m in a cross-section. The aluminum alloy brazing sheet for heat exchangers has excellent strength and corrosion resistance even when it is formed into a thin material and also has excellent high frequency weldability and weld cracking resistance during electric resistance welding.

Abstract: Disclosed is an aluminum alloy brazing sheet including a core material, a brazing filler material provided on one surface of the core material and formed of an Al—Si based alloy, and a sacrificial anode material provided on the other surface of the core material, the brazing sheet having a thickness of less than 200 ?m, wherein the core material includes more than 1.5% by mass and 2.5% or less by mass of Cu, and 0.5 to 2.0% by mass of Mn, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities, wherein the sacrificial anode material includes 2.0 to 10.0% by mass of Zn, an Mg content in the sacrificial anode material being restricted to 0.10% or less by mass, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities, and wherein each of the brazing filler material and the sacrificial anode material has a thickness thereof in a range of 15 to 50 ?m, and the total of cladding rates of the brazing filler material and sacrificial anode material is 50% or less.

Abstract: The present invention provides a brazing sheet formed of an aluminum alloy which exhibits excellent post-brazing strength, corrosion resistance and brazability even though its thickness is less than 200 ?m. Disclosed is a brazing sheet formed of an aluminum alloy including a core layer, a brazing filler layer provided on one side of the core layer and formed of an Al—Si based alloy, and a sacrificial layer provided on the other side of the core layer, the brazing sheet having a thickness of less than 200 ?m, wherein the core layer includes Cu: more than 1.5% by mass and 2.5% or less by mass and Mn: 0.5 to 2.0% by mass, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities, the sacrificial layer includes Zn: 2.0 to 7.0% by mass and Mg: more than 0.10% by mass and 3.

Abstract: Provided are an aluminum alloy clad plate for structural members, and an aluminum alloy clad structural member which have both of a high strength and formability (ductility) and further such a BH response that the plate and the member can gain a required high strength even through a high-temperature and short-period artificial aging. The clad plate is an aluminum alloy clad plate having laminated aluminum alloy layers as illustrated in FIGS. 4 and 5. The clad plate also has mutual diffusion regions in which Mg and Zn are mutually diffused between the laminated aluminum alloy layers as a phase after subjected to diffusion heat treatment, and has an inertial radius Rg and a scattering intensity I0 as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. The factors Rg and I0 are measured by a small angle X-ray scattering technique.

Abstract: A brazing sheet includes a core material containing an aluminum alloy including magnesium, a bonding material laminated on at least one side of the core material, and a flux layer. The flux layer is laminated on one side of the bonding material and includes a flux composition. The flux composition includes [A] a flux component containing KAlF4, and [B] AlF3. A substance mass S1 (mol) of magnesium in the bonding material when heated at 585° C., a substance mass S2 (mol) of [A] the flux component containing KAlF4 in the flux layer and a substance mass S3 (mol) of [B] AlF3 satisfy the specific expression.