ALUMINUM ALLOYS FOR ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR
First Claim
2. An aluminum conductor wire according to claim 1 which contains 0.01 to 0.1% by weight antimony and 0.08 to 0.3% by weight magnesium.
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Abstract
The present invention provides an aluminum alloy conductor wire consisting essentially of about 0.01 - 0.6% by weight antimony, about 0.05 - 0.6% by weight magnesium, less than 0.4% be weight copper and less than 0.7% by weight of a member selected from the group consisting of iron, nickel and manganese, the balance being aluminum and unavoidable impurities thereof, a part of the antimony and magnesium forming an intermetallic compound, said compound being uniformly dispersed in an aluminum matrix, the alloy wire having, when cold drawn and not annealed, a minimum conductivity of 54% IACS and when annealed and then cold drawn, a minimum conductivity of 58% IACS.
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5 Claims
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2. An aluminum conductor wire according to claim 1 which contains 0.01 to 0.1% by weight antimony and 0.08 to 0.3% by weight magnesium.
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3. An aluminum conductor wire according to claim 1 which contains 0.05 to 0.45 weight percent antimony, 0.1 to 0.6% magnesium and 0.05 to 0.4% copper.
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4. An aluminum conductor wire according to claim 1 which contains 0.15 to 0.6% iron.
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5. An aluminum conductor wire according to claim 1 wherein the total amount of iron and copper is 0.05 to 0.5%.
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Current AssigneeKatsuhisa Nakajima, Sadao Inoue
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Original AssigneeKatsuhisa Nakajima, Sadao Inoue
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InventorsInoue, Sadao, Nakajima, Katsuhisa
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Primary Examiner(s)Dean, Richard O.
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Application NumberUS05/208,444Time in Patent Office706 DaysField of Search75/147,142 148/32,32.5 29/193US Class Current148/439CPC Class CodesC22C 21/003 containing at least 2.6% of...
