COMPOSITE WIRE, AND COVERED WIRE

To provide a thin composite wire that has excellent strength and elongation, and to provide a covered wire.SOLUTION: Provided is a composite wire, which is a composite wire comprising a core wire and a sheath covering the outer periphery of the core wire, and in which the constituent material of the core wire is an aluminum alloy containing Fe by 1.0 mass% or more and 4.0 mass% or less and the balance being Al and inevitable impurities, the constituent material of the sheath is pure copper or copper alloy, and the wire diameter is less than 0.2 mm.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】強度及び伸びに優れる細い複合線、及び被覆線を提供する。【解決手段】芯線と、前記芯線の外周を覆う外皮とを備える複合線であって、前記芯線の構成材料は、Ｆｅを１．０質量％以上４．０質量％以下含有し、残部がＡｌ及び不可避不純物であるアルミニウム合金であり、前記外皮の構成材料は、純銅又は銅合金であり、線径が０．２ｍｍ未満である、複合線。【選択図】図１