Standard Specification for Pure Aluminum (Unalloyed) Source Material for Vacuum Coating Applications

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1.1 This specification covers pure aluminum metal (unalloyed) for use as raw material for making evaporation sources, sputtering targets, and superconducting wires.  
1.2 This specification sets purity grade levels, physical attributes, analytical methods, and packaging requirements.

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ASTM F1594-95(1999) - Standard Specification for Pure Aluminum (Unalloyed) Source Material for Vacuum Coating Applications
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Designation: F 1594 – 95 (Reapproved 1999)
Standard Specification for
Pure Aluminum (Unalloyed) Source Material for Vacuum
Coating Applications
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F 1594; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
TABLE 1 Aluminum Grades
1. Scope
Maximum Total Metallic
1.1 This specification covers pure aluminum metal (unal-
Grade Purity, % Impurity Level (by weight),
loyed) for use as raw material for making evaporation sources,
ppm
sputtering targets, and superconducting wires.
4N5 99.995 50
1.2 This specification sets purity grade levels, physical
4N 99.99 100
3N8 99.98 200
attributes, analytical methods, and packaging requirements.
3N5 99.95 500
2. Referenced Documents
2.1 ASTM Standards:
in Section 12. Elements not detected will be counted and
E 29 Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data to
reported as present at the detection limit. Additional elements
Determine Conformance with Specifications
may be analyzed and reported, as agreed upon between
E 112 Test Method for Determining the Average Grain Size
supplier and purchaser, but these shall not be counted in
of Metals
defining the grade designation.
6.2 Acceptable concentration limits for individual elements
3. Terminology
and analytical techniques shall be agreed upon between the
3.1 Definitions:
supplier and the purchaser.
3.1.1 raw material lot—a quantity of material that is melted,
consolidated, or purified, or both, in one equipment run as a
7. Physical Properties
nominally uniform batch of metal.
7.1 Grain size and measurement method for grain size shall
be agreed upon between the supplier and the purchaser. When
4. Classification
the grain morphology is equiaxied, refer to Practice E 112.
4.1 Grades of aluminum are defined in Table 1.
4.2 Purity and total metallic impurity levels are based upon
8. Dimensions
elements listed in Table 2.
8.1 Each product shall conform to an appropriate engineer-
ing drawing.
5. Ordering Information
8.2 Nominal dimensions, tolerances, and other attributes
5.1 Orders for these products shall include the following:
shall be agreed upon between the supplier and the purchaser.
5.1.1 Grade (see 4.1).
5.1.2 Configuration (see 8.1).
9. Workmanship, Finish, and Appearance
5.1.3 Whether or not certification is required (see 12.1).
9.1 Workmanship, finish, and appearance shall be agreed
5.1.4 Whether or not a sample representative of the finished
upon between the supplier and the purchaser.
product is required to be provided by the supplier to the
9.2 Surface must be free of any contaminates such as mold
purchaser.
release, dirt, or oils that could adversely affect the purity of the
material when remelted, unless otherwise agreed upon between
6. Impurities
supplier and purchaser.
6.1 The suite of metallic elements to be assayed for is
defined in Table 2. Acceptable analysis methods are specified
10. Sampling
10.1 Analyses for impurities shall be performed on a sample
This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F-1 on that is representative of the finished material lot pr
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