Study on Microstructure and Tensile Properties of New Cu-Al Bi-Metal Tubes Versus Pure Copper Tubes

Abstract:

In recent years, heating, ventilation and air condition (HVAC) industries have attempted to find alternative materials such as aluminum for replacing copper metal because of a light weight metal with relatively lower market price compared to copper. This study characterizes microstructure and tensile properties of new Cu-Al bi-metal tubes (aluminum cladded copper (ACC) and copper cladded aluminum (CCA)) versus copper phosphorous alloy tube in order to estimate the possibility of implementing the composite tubes in heating, ventilation, and air conditioning industries. The result shows that Cu phosphorus alloy tubes has the highest tensile properties followed by CCA and ACC bi-metal tubes and different tube size does not affect the tensile properties of tube of the same type.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 420)
• Pages: 160-166
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.420.160
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: Amirhossein Baghdadi, Zainuddin Sajuri, Junaidi Syarif
• Keywords: Aluminum (Al), Bi-Metal Tube, Copper, Mechanical Property, Microstructure, Tensile Strength

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