Patent ID: 8951369
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: C22C,C22F,H01B,H01R

Abstract:
1. A copper alloy for an electronic/electric device comprising: in mass %, more than 3.4% and 36.5% or less of Zn; 0.1% or more and 0.9% or less of Sn; 0.05% or more and less than 1.0% of Ni; 0.001% or more and less than 0.10% of Fe; 0.005% or more and 0.10% or less of P; and the balance Cu and inevitable impurities, wherein a content ratio of Fe to Ni, Fe/Ni, in atomic ratio satisfies 0.002≦Fe/Ni<1.5, a content ratio of a sum of Ni and Fe, (Ni+Fe), to P, in atomic ratio satisfies 3<(Ni+Fe)/P<15, a content ratio of Sn to a sum of Ni and Fe, (Ni+Fe), in atomic ratios satisfies 0.3<Sn/(Ni+Fe)<5, an average crystal grain diameter of a phase containing Cu, Zn, and Sn is in a range of 0.1 to 50 μm, and the copper alloy includes a precipitate containing P and one or more elements selected from Fe and Ni.