Provided herein are new aluminum alloy materials which are useful in replacing copper in a heat exchanger. The aluminum alloy materials are also useful in manufacturing components of heating, ventilating, air-conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC&R) systems for indoor and outdoor units. The alloys are well-suited for tubing in a heat exchanger. The alloys display high strength and good corrosion resistance. Also provided herein are methods for making the aluminum alloy materials.

The invention relates to an aluminum alloy strip with improved surface optics, which is fabricated via hot and/or cold rolling, and consists of a type AA 3xxx, AA 5xxx, AA 6xxx or AA 8xxx aluminum alloy. The object of proposing an aluminum alloy strip that is suitable for attractive and precious surface optics despite the elevated percentage of alloy constituents is achieved in that, after degreasing, the finish-rolled aluminum alloy strip exhibits an increase in the luminance value L*(ΔL) in relation to the rolled-greasy state of more than 5 while measuring the color of the surface in the CIE L*a*b* color space using a standard illuminant D65 and a normal observation angle of 10°, excluding direct reflection in 45°/0° geometry.

The invention relates to an aluminum alloy strip with improved surface optics, which is fabricated via hot and/or cold rolling, and consists of a type AA 3xxx, AA 5xxx, AA 6xxx or AA 8xxx aluminum alloy. The object of proposing an aluminum alloy strip that is suitable for attractive and precious surface optics despite the elevated percentage of alloy constituents is achieved in that, after degreasing, the finish-rolled aluminum alloy strip exhibits an increase in the luminance value L*(ΔL) in relation to the rolled-greasy state of more than 5 while measuring the color of the surface in the CIE L*a*b* color space using a standard illuminant D65 and a normal observation angle of 10°, excluding direct reflection in 45°/0° geometry.

Disclosed is a forging method for a high-silver aluminum alloy and a high-silver aluminum alloy forged part are provided. The forging method comprises the following steps: heating the high-silver aluminum alloy to 440° C. to 500° C., and holding for 8 to 16 hours to obtain a blank; preheating a contact portion of a forging anvil, a tong or a die with the blank to 300° C. to 480° C., and holding in the process of transferring the blank to a press; carrying out six-upsetting six-stretching multidirectional forging deformation on the blank, thus obtaining a forging blank, wherein the final forging temperature is 360° C. to 400° C.; and carrying out forming forging treatment on the forging blank, and then carrying out solid solution treatment, residual stress elimination and artificial aging treatment in sequence.

An aluminum alloy includes: a core material made of an aluminum alloy including Si, Cu, and Mn, with the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities; a brazing material cladded onto one side surface of the core material, and made of an aluminum alloy including Si, with the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities; and a sacrificial anode material cladded onto the other side surface of the core material, and made of an aluminum alloy including Zn and Si, with the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities, wherein a total number density of single phase pure Si and a intermetallic compound existing in the sacrificial anode material and having a grain size of 0.1 μm or more and 1.0 μm or less is 1×10.sup.3/mm.sup.2 or more and 1×10.sup.6/mm.sup.2 or less.

An aluminum alloy includes: a core material made of an aluminum alloy including Si, Cu, and Mn, with the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities; a brazing material cladded onto one side surface of the core material, and made of an aluminum alloy including Si, with the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities; and a sacrificial anode material cladded onto the other side surface of the core material, and made of an aluminum alloy including Zn and Si, with the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities, wherein a total number density of single phase pure Si and a intermetallic compound existing in the sacrificial anode material and having a grain size of 0.1 μm or more and 1.0 μm or less is 1×10.sup.3/mm.sup.2 or more and 1×10.sup.6/mm.sup.2 or less.

The present invention discloses a method for ultra-low temperature forming an ultra-thin curved part of a high-strength aluminum alloy. The method includes the following steps: step 1: selecting a cladding with a suitable thickness according to a wrinkle limit of a sheet; step 2: stacking the sheet and the cladding, then putting into a die, and closing a blank holder; step 3: filling a cavity of a female die with an ultra-low temperature medium to cool the sheet to below −160° C.; step 4: applying a set blank holding force by the blank holder, and enabling a male die to go down to form a thin-walled curved part; and step 5: opening the die and taking out the formed thin-walled curved part. The present invention utilizes the favorable formability of the high-strength aluminum alloy at the ultra-low temperature and the instability resistance of the thick sheet.

The present invention discloses a method for ultra-low temperature forming an ultra-thin curved part of a high-strength aluminum alloy. The method includes the following steps: step 1: selecting a cladding with a suitable thickness according to a wrinkle limit of a sheet; step 2: stacking the sheet and the cladding, then putting into a die, and closing a blank holder; step 3: filling a cavity of a female die with an ultra-low temperature medium to cool the sheet to below −160° C.; step 4: applying a set blank holding force by the blank holder, and enabling a male die to go down to form a thin-walled curved part; and step 5: opening the die and taking out the formed thin-walled curved part. The present invention utilizes the favorable formability of the high-strength aluminum alloy at the ultra-low temperature and the instability resistance of the thick sheet.

The present disclosure concerns embodiments of aluminum alloy compositions exhibiting microstructural stability and strength at high temperatures. The disclosed aluminum alloy compositions comprise particular combinations of components that contribute the ability of the compositions to exhibit improved microstructural stability and hot tearing resistance as compared to conventional alloys. Also disclosed herein are embodiments of methods of making and using the alloys.

In this flat extruded aluminum multi-port tube, the corrosion-resistance, at inner surfaces of a plurality of flow passages independently and parallelly extending in the tube axial direction, is effectively enhanced. In a flat extruded aluminum multi-port tube 10 formed by an extrusion by employing an aluminum tube material and an aluminum sacrificial anode material having an electrochemically lower potential than the aluminum tube material, the aluminum sacrificial anode material is exposed to form a sacrificial anode portion 18 at least in a part of an inner circumferential portion in each of the plurality of flow passages 12.