Abstract

This specification covers nine thicknesses of annealed aluminum foil for use in manufacture of capacitors and includes UNS alloy designations A91145 and A91235. Foil to be used as anodes in electrolytic capacitors is beyond the scope of this specification. Requirements for quality assurance, chemical analysis, and tensile breaking load test are detailed. The foil shall conform to the chemical composition requirements prescribed for aluminum, silicon and iron, copper, manganese, magnesium, zinc, vanadium, and titanium, and shall meet the specified requirements for tensile breaking load, direct current electrical resistance, and area per unit weight. The foil shall be supplied with the finish bright on one side and matte on the other, in the dry or slick condition (dry annealed A, dry annealed B, dry annealed C, or slick annealed) and shall be tested for surface condition by water or water-alcohol test. Spooling requirements such as roll dimensions, roll winding, and roll covering are given. Foil splices shall be either welded or knurled and shall be free of splits, slivers, wrinkles, ragged edges, or excessive pinholes.

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1. Scope

1.1 This specification covers nine thicknesses (0.00017 to 0.00050 in. (0.0043 to 0.0127 mm)) of annealed aluminum foil used in the manufacture of capacitors.

1.2 Foil to be used as anodes in electrolytic capacitors is beyond the scope of this specification.

1.3 Alloy designations are in accordance with ANSI H35.1. The equivalent Unified Numbering System alloy designations are those of preceded by A9, for example, A91145 for Aluminum 1145 in accordance with Practice E 527.

1.4 For acceptance criteria for inclusion of new aluminum and aluminum alloys in this specification, see .

1.5 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as the standard. The values given in parentheses are for information only.

2. Referenced Documents (purchase separately) The documents listed below are referenced within the subject standard but are not provided as part of the standard.

ASTM Standards

B193 Test Method for Resistivity of Electrical Conductor Materials

E29 Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data to Determine Conformance with Specifications

E34 Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Aluminum and Aluminum-Base Alloys

E55 Practice for Sampling Wrought Nonferrous Metals and Alloys for Determination of Chemical Composition

E227 Test Method for Optical Emission Spectrometric Analysis of Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys by the Point-to-Plane Technique

E252 Test Method for Thickness of Foil, Thin Sheet, and Film by Mass Measurement

E345 Test Methods of Tension Testing of Metallic Foil

E527 Practice for Numbering Metals and Alloys in the Unified Numbering System (UNS)

E607 Test Method for Atomic Emission Spectrometric Analysis Aluminum Alloys by the Point to Plane Technique Nitrogen Atmosphere

E716 Practices for Sampling and Sample Preparation of Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys for Determination of Chemical Composition by Spectrochemical Analysis

E1251 Test Method for Analysis of Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys by Spark Atomic Emission Spectrometry

ANSI Standard

Keywords

aluminum foil;

ICS Code

ICS Number Code 29.050 (Superconductivity and conducting materials)

DOI: 10.1520/B0373-00R06

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