所有高导电率的铜都含有一些氧气,这是铜精炼过程的结果,但某些应用需要纯度最高和含氧量最低的铜,这就是所谓的无氧高导铜(OFHC)。
有两个等级:Cu-OF,99.95%的铜和更高纯度的Cu-OFE(无氧电子),99.99%的铜去除了银,氧被去除到0.0005%。 Cu-OFE由纯铜阴极制成,并在保护气氛下倒入。它的导电率比Cu-OF高约1%,用于高质量的视频和音频系统。
在开始生产纯铜之前,铜矿石必须从它们嵌入的废石岩层中分离出来。用几个百分点的铜加工纯度达99.95%的金属是一项非常令人印象深刻的技术成就。
这是空气中的氧气起重要作用的地方。
将铜矿石从废石中分离出来,然后粉碎成细粉并在炉中熔化。通过与助熔剂结合形成去除的炉渣或通过空气(氧气)将其氧化成蒸气来去除杂质。在无氧高导电铜中,所有痕量的氧都通过在真空中熔化,使用惰性气氛或还原环境进行去除,产生非常纯的(99.95%)铜。
不可能去除每一点杂质;没有铜是100%纯的,但OFHC只有一丝氧气。在实践中,氧含量通常为0.001至0.003%,总最大杂质水平为0.03%。
这是任何铜的最纯净的等级。
End Product | Specification |
Bands, Projectile Rotating | MILITARY MIL-B-20292, MIL-B-18907 |
Bar | AMS 4602, ASME SB152, SB133, ASTM B152, SAE J463, J461 |
Bar, Bus | ASTM B187, SAE J463, J461 |
Brazing Filler Metal | FEDERAL QQ-B-650 |
Fittings | ASME B16.22 |
Foil, Printed Circuits | ASTM B451 |
Nipples | ASTM B687 |
Pipe | ASME SB42, ASTM B698, B42 |
Pipe, Bus | ASTM B188 |
Plate | AMS 4501, ASME SB152, ASTM B152, SAE J463, J461 |
Plate, Clad | ASTM B432 |
Rod | AMS 4602, ASME SB152, ASTM B152, SAE J463, J461 |
Rod, Bus | ASTM B187 |
Shapes | AMS 4602, SAE J461, J463 |
Shapes, Bus | ASTM B187 |
Sheet | AMS 4501, ASME SB152, ASTM B152, SAE J461, J463 |
Sheet, Clad | ASTM B506 |
Sheet, Printed Circuits | ASTM B451 |
Strip | AMS 4501, ASME SB152, ASTM B152, SAE J461, J463 |
Strip, Clad | ASTM B506 |
Strip, Printed Circuits | ASTM B451 |
Tube | ASTM B698 |
Tube, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Field Service | SAE J461, J463 |
Tube, Bus | ASTM B188 |
Tube, Coils | ASTM B743 |
Tube, Condenser | ASME SB111, ASTM B111 |
Tube, Finned | ASME SB359, ASTM B359 |
Tube, Rectangular Waveguide | ASTM B372, MILITARY MIL-W-85 |
Tube, Seamless | ASME SB75, ASTM B641, B75, MILITARY MIL-T-24107 |
Tube, Seamless Bright Annealed | ASTM B68 |
Tube, Seamless for Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Field Service | SAE J461, J463 |
Tube, Seamless for Torpedo Use | MILITARY MIL-T-3235 |
Tube, U-Bend | ASME SB395, ASTM B395 |
Tube, Welded | ASTM B716, B641, B447, MILITARY MIL-T-24107, SAE J461, J463 |
Tube, Welded for Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Service | ASTM B640 |
Wire, Coated With Lead Alloy | ASTM B189 |
Wire, Coated With Nickel | ASTM B355 |
Wire, Coated With Silver | ASTM B298 |
Wire, Coated With Tin | ASTM B33, B246 |
Wire, Flat | ASTM B272 |
Wire, Hard Drawn | ASTM B1, FEDERAL QQ-W-343 |
Wire, Medium-Hard Drawn | ASTM B2, FEDERAL QQ-W-343 |
Wire, Metallizing | MILITARY MIL-W-6712 |
Wire, Soft | AMS 4701, ASTM B3, B738, B48, F9, FEDERAL QQ-W-343 |
Wire, Stranded | ASTM B8, B174, B470, B172, B173, B286, B496, B226, FEDERAL QQ-B-575 |