Abstract:
Disclosed herein is an economical process for the production of a sintered Fe-Co type, Fe-Co-V type or Fe-Co-Cr type magnetic material, which comprises preparing an alloy powder of at least Fe and Co metals or a like powder, kneading it with an organic binder, conducting injection molding and debinding, and then conducting a two-stage sintering treatment consisting of low-temperature sintering and high-temperature sintering. Magnetic materials having a specific composition of the Fe-Co, Fe-Co-V or Fe-Co-Cr type and excellent magnetic properties and a low core loss value are also disclosed.
Abstract:
A brake disk excellent in temper softening resistance and toughness comprising, by mass, 0.1% or less of C, 1.0% or less of Si, 2.0% or less of Mn, 10.5% to 15.0% of Cr, and 0.1% or less of N, the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities, such that the following inequalities are satisfied: 5Cr+10Si+15Mo+30Nb−9Ni−5Mn−3Cu−225N−270C
Abstract:
A martensitic stainless steel for disc brakes, having high temper softening resistance. The martensitic stainless steel is not seriously softened by maintaining the steel at more than 600° C. The martensitic stainless steel contains less than 0.050 mass % carbon, 1.0 mass % or less silicon, 2.0 mass % or less manganese, 0.04 mass % or less phosphorus, 0.010 mass % or less sulfur, 0.2 mass % or less aluminum, more than 11.5 mass % to 15.0 mass % chromium, 0.5 mass % to 2.0 mass % nickel, more than 0.50 mass % to 4.0 mass % copper, more than 0.08 mass % to 0.6 mass % niobium, and less than 0.09 mass % nitrogen, the remainder being iron and unavoidable impurities.
Abstract:
A martensitic stainless steel sheet having superior corrosion resistance, toughness at the weld zones, and workability. The composition of the steel sheet is, on a mass basis: less than about 0.02% of carbon; about 1.0% or less of silicon; less than about 1.5% of manganese; about 0.04% or less of phosphorus; about 0.01% or less of sulfur; about 0.1% or less of aluminum; about 1.5% or more and less than about 4.0% of nickel; about 11% or more and less than about 15% of chromium; about 0.5% or more and less than about 2.0% of molybdenum; and less than about 0.02% of nitrogen, the balance being iron and unavoidable impurities, wherein 15.0%≦[Cr]+1.5×[Mo]+1.2×[Ni]≦20.0%; [C]+[N] 3.0%; and 8.0%≦72×[C]+40×[N]+3×[Si]+2×[Mn]+4×[Ni]+[Mo]≦18.0%.
Abstract:
A ferritic stainless steel sheet for forming a raw material pipe for bellows pipe is excellent in formability and high-temperature properties (high-temperature salt corrosion resistance and high-temperature fatigue properties). Specifically, the ferritic stainless steel sheet for forming a raw material pipe for bellows pipe contains 0.015% by mass or less of C, 1.0% by mass or less of Si, 1.0% by mass or less of Mn, 0.04% by mass or less of P, 0.010% by mass or less of S, 11% to 19% by mass of Cr, 0.015% by mass or less of N, 0.15% by mass or less of Al, 1.25% to 2.5% by mass of Mo, 0.3% to 0.7% by mass of Nb, 0.0003% to 0.003% by mass of B, and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities. In the ferritic stainless steel sheet for forming a raw material pipe for bellows pipe, preferably, the average crystal grain diameter D of the steel sheet is 35 μm or less, and alternatively, the surface roughness Ra of the steel sheet is 0.40 μm or less.
Abstract:
A structural hot-rolled or cold-rolled stainless steel sheet having improved intergranular corrosion resistance and toughness at the welding heat affected zone and further having low strength and high elongation. The composition of the steel sheet contains less than about 0.008 mass percent of C; about 1.0 mass percent or less of Si; about 1.5 mass percent or less of Mn; about 11 to about 15 mass percent of Cr; more than about 1.0 mass percent and about 2.5 mass percent or less of Ni; less than about 0.10 mass percent of Al; about 0.009 mass percent or less of N; about 0.04 mass percent or less of P; about 0.01 mass percent or less of S; and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities. These contents satisfy the expressions: (Cr)+1.2×(Ni)≧15.0; (Ni)+0.5×(Mn)+30×(C)≦3.0; (C)+(N)≦0.015; and (Cr)−(Mn)−1.7×(Ni)−27×(C)−100×(N)≧9.0.
Abstract:
A low Ni and high N austenitic-ferritic stainless steel is disclosed. It includes an austenitic-ferritic stainless steel having high formability and punch stretchability, crevice corrosion resistance, corrosion resistance at welded part, or excellent intergranular corrosion resistance, from a stainless steel structured by mainly austenite phase and ferrite phase, and consisting essentially of 0.2% or less C, 4% or less Si, 12% or less Mn, 0.1% or less P, 0.03% or less S, 15 to 35% Cr, 3% or less Ni, and 0.05 to 0.6% N, by mass, by adjusting the percentage of the austenite phase in a range from 10 to 85%, by volume. Furthermore, it includes an austenitic-ferritic stainless steel having higher formability by adjusting the amount of (C+N) in the austenite phase to a range from 0.16 to 2% by mass.
Abstract:
A ferritic stainless steel sheet contains abut 0.01 percent by mass or less of carbon; about 1.0 percent by mass or less of silicon; about 1.5 percent by mass or less of manganese; about 11 to about 23 percent by mass of chromium; about 0.06 percent by mass or less of phosphorous; about 0.03 percent by mass or less of sulfur; about 1.0 percent by mass or less of aluminum; about 0.04 percent by mass or less of nitrogen; about 0.0005 to about 0.01 percent by mass of boron; about 0.3 percent by mass or less of vanadium; about 0.8 percent by mass or less of niobium and/or about 1.0 percent by mass or less of titanium wherein 18≦Nb/(C+N)+2(Ti/(C+N))≦60; and the balance being iron and unavoidable impurities. The average crystal grain diameter is about 40 μm or less and the average surface roughness is about 0.3 μm or less.
Abstract:
To provide structural Cr-containing steel with excellent low-temperature toughness and impact toughness, with low costs as compared with stainless steel, and with sufficient corrosion resistance. Specifically, this is structural Cr-containing steel and a manufacturing method thereof, wherein the Cr-containing steel contains C of 0.002 to 0.02%; N of 0.002 to 0.02%; Si of 0.05 to 1.0%; Mn of 0.05 to 1.0%; P of 0.04% or less; S of 0.02% or less; Al of 0.001 to 0.1%; and Cr of 6.0 to 10.0%, further may contain Cu of 0.1 to 1.0%, further may contain at least one of: Ni of 0.1 to 1.0%; and Mo of 0.1 to 1.0%, and further may contain at least one of: Nb of 0.005 to 0.10%; and V of 0.005 to 0.20%, the balance are formed of Fe and unavoidable impurities, and the Cr-concentration in the surface layer of the steel is equal to or more than the value wherein 1% is subtracted from the Cr-concentration within the steel.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a high tensile cold-rolled steel sheet having superior ductility, strain age-hardening characteristics, and crash resistance properties, and also provides a manufacturing method therefor. As a particular means, a thin cold-rolled steel sheet containing 0.05% to 0.30% of C, 0.4% to 2.0% of Si, 0.7% to 3.0% of Mn, 0.08% or less of P, 0.02% or less of Al, and 0.0050% to 0.0250% of N on a mass % basis is manufactured in which N/Al is 0.3 or more. This thin cold-rolled steel sheet is heated to a temperature between (an Ac1 transformation point) and (an Ac3 transformation point+50° C.), is cooled at a cooling rate of 5 to 150° C./second in the range of at least 600 to 500° C., and is held in the temperature range of 350 to 500° C. This steel sheet has superior ductility, strain age-hardening characteristics having a &Dgr;TS of 50 MPa or more, and crash resistance properties.