Some usages require soft aluminium which recrystallizes at the possible lowest temperature. It must be very usable and economical if there is aluminium which recrystallizes under the room temperature, especially for producing collapsible tubes, sheathing material for conductor and communication cable.
This study has been made for accomplishing the above mentioned purposes. Small amount of calcium has been added into commercially pure aluminium, which usually recrystallizes at 300°C. Then it has been soaked at high temperature, head-treated for long time at low temperature. The metal thus treated has recrystallized at the temperature lower than room temperature. It has been proved that the impurities contained in aluminium can be almost completely purified by the addition of calcium and heat-treatment. Since, through such treatments, the state of impurities becomes harmless. Besides such a property, this Al-Ca alloy obtains good workability, high conductivity, high corrosion resistance, excellent softness and other properties which are peculiar to super purity aluminium.
It has been also found out that the addition of small amount of tin, nickel and other element together with calcium, facilitaties the purification mentioned above. On this bases, a study has been made on the common properties of element which purfies the matrix of aluminium when they are added to it.
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