摘要:
Disclosed is a spring steel for a high corrosion resistance and high strength, which exhibits an excellent drawability without softening heat treatment after hot rolling, and which has a strength of 1900 MPa or more by quenching and tempering and an excellent corrosion resistance. The spring steel contains, in mass %, 0.3-0.6% C, 1.0-3.0% Si, 0.1-0.5% Mn and 0.5-1.5% Cr, and 1.0% or less (excluding 0%) Ni and/or 0.1-0.5% Mo, the balance being essentially Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein the elements satisfy the following requirement:
2.5 ≦ (FP) ≦ 4.5 2.0 ≦ (FP/log D) ≦ 4.0
where D is a diameter (mm) of the rolled material, and FP = (0.23[C]+0.1)×(0.7[Si]+1)×(3.5[Mn]+1) ×(2.2[Cr]+1)×(0.4[Ni]+1)×(3[Mo]+1) in which [element] represents mass % of the element.