As an aluminum
alloy for a microporous hollow material, an aluminum
alloy is provided which contains Cu, which is an element having poor
grain boundary corrosion resistance, in a reduced amount, can have a nobly kept
spontaneous potential, contains a
transition metal that does not adversely affect extrudability of the material, and has excellent
corrosion resistance and extrudability. An aluminum
alloy having a
chemical composition comprising, in
mass%, 0.05 to 0.20% of Fe, 0.10% or less of Si, 0.15 to 0.32% of Cu, 0.08 to 0.15% of Mn, 0.05% or less of Zr, 0.06 to 0.15% of Ti, 0.03% or less of Cr, and a remainder made up by Al and unavoidable impurities, wherein the amount of a gas in an alloy billet is 0.25 cc / 100 g or less; and a method for producing an aluminum alloy, comprising producing a DC cast billet having the above-mentioned
chemical composition by a melt treatment employing proper
casting conditions so that the content of a gas in the DC cast billet can be reduced to 0.25 cc / 100 g or less, and then subjecting the DC cast billet to a soaking treatment, wherein the soaking treatment comprises heating the DC cast billet to 550 to 590 DEG C at a rate of 80 DEG C / hour or less, then holding the heated DC cast billet at that temperature for 0.5 to 6 hours, and then holding the
resultant product at a temperature falling within the range from 450 to 350 DEG C for 0.5 to 1 hour or cooling the
resultant product to 200 DEG C or lower at a
cooling rate of 50 DEG C / hour.