所有高導電率的銅都含有一些氧氣,這是銅精煉過程的結果,但某些應用需要純度最高和含氧量最低的銅,這就是所謂的無氧高導銅(OFHC)。
有兩個等級:Cu-OF,99.95%的銅和更高純度的Cu-OFE(無氧電子),99.99%的銅去除了銀,氧被去除到0.0005%。 Cu-OFE由純銅陰極制成,并在保護氣氛下倒入。它的導電率比Cu-OF高約1%,用于高質量的視頻和音頻系統。
在開始生產純銅之前,銅礦石必須從它們嵌入的廢石巖層中分離出來。用幾個百分點的銅加工純度達99.95%的金屬是一項非常令人印象深刻的技術成就。
這是空氣中的氧氣起重要作用的地方。
將銅礦石從廢石中分離出來,然后粉碎成細粉并在爐中熔化。通過與助熔劑結合形成去除的爐渣或通過空氣(氧氣)將其氧化成蒸氣來去除雜質。在無氧高導電銅中,所有痕量的氧都通過在真空中熔化,使用惰性氣氛或還原環境進行去除,產生非常純的(99.95%)銅。
不可能去除每一點雜質;沒有銅是100%純的,但OFHC只有一絲氧氣。在實踐中,氧含量通常為0.001至0.003%,總最大雜質水平為0.03%。
這是任何銅的最純凈的等級。
Specifications
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 |
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