A ferritic heat-resistant steel includes, by mass: from 0.06 to 0.11% of C; from 0.15 to 0.35% of Si; from 0.35 to 0.65% of Mn; from 0 to 0.02% of P; from 0 to 0.003% of S; from 0.005 to 0.25% of Ni; from 0.005 to 0.25% of Cu; from 2.7 to 3.3% of Co; from 8.3 to 9.7% of Cr; from 2.5 to 3.5% of W; from 0.15 to 0.25% of V; from 0.03 to 0.08% of Nb; from 0.002 to 0.04% of Ta; from 0.01 to 0.06% of Nd; from 0.006 to 0.016% of B; from 0.005 to 0.015% of N; from 0 to 0.02% of Al; and from 0 to 0.02% of O, with a balance consisting of Fe and impurities, and an amount of W, which is analyzed as an electrolytically extracted residue, [% W].sub.ER, satisfying: −10×[% B]+0.26≤[% W].sub.ER≤10×[% B]+0.54.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a steel plate for a pressure vessel having excellent hydrogen-induced cracking resistance and a method of manufacturing same, the steel plate comprising, in weight %, 0.2 to 0.3% of carbon (C), 0.05 to 0.50% of silicon (Si), 0.1% to 0.5% (exclusive) of manganese (Mn) , 0.005 to 0.1% of aluminum (Al), 0.010% or less of phosphorus (P) , 0.0015% or less of sulfur (S), 0.001 to 0.03% of niobium (Nb), 0.001 to 0.03% of vanadium (V) , 0.001 to 0.03% of titanium (Ti), 0.01 to 0.20% of chromium (Cr), 0.01 to 0.15% of molybdenum (Mo) , 0.01 to 0.50% of copper (Cu) , 0.05 to 0.50% of nickel (Ni), 0.0005 to 0.0040% of calcium (Ca), and the balance of Fe and other inevitable impurities, wherein the average grain size of ferrite is 5-20 μm.

The present disclosure relates to a high-strength low-carbon bainitic fire-resistant steel and a preparation method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of low-carbon air-cooled bainitic fire-resistant steels. The present disclosure solves the problems of low yield strength, complicated production process and poor high-temperature mechanical properties of the fire-resistant steel in the prior art. The high-strength low-carbon bainitic fire-resistant steel, whose chemical components by mass percent are as follows: 0.07%-0.1% of C, 0.7%-0.9% of Si, 1.0%-1.5% of Mn, 0.7%-0.8% of Cr, 1.0%-1.3% of Ni, 0.3%-0.35% of Cu, 0.6%-0.8% of Mo, 0.025%-0.035% of Nb, 0.09%-0.15% of V, 0.01%-0.015% of Ti, <0.2% of Nb+V+Ti, <0.02% of Al, <0.003% of S, <0.008% of P, and the balance is Fe and inevitable impurities. The present disclosure improves the yield strength and high-temperature mechanical properties of the fire-resistant steel.

The present disclosure relates to a high-strength low-carbon bainitic fire-resistant steel and a preparation method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of low-carbon air-cooled bainitic fire-resistant steels. The present disclosure solves the problems of low yield strength, complicated production process and poor high-temperature mechanical properties of the fire-resistant steel in the prior art. The high-strength low-carbon bainitic fire-resistant steel, whose chemical components by mass percent are as follows: 0.07%-0.1% of C, 0.7%-0.9% of Si, 1.0%-1.5% of Mn, 0.7%-0.8% of Cr, 1.0%-1.3% of Ni, 0.3%-0.35% of Cu, 0.6%-0.8% of Mo, 0.025%-0.035% of Nb, 0.09%-0.15% of V, 0.01%-0.015% of Ti, <0.2% of Nb+V+Ti, <0.02% of Al, <0.003% of S, <0.008% of P, and the balance is Fe and inevitable impurities. The present disclosure improves the yield strength and high-temperature mechanical properties of the fire-resistant steel.

A steel pipe for fuel injection pipe has a tensile strength of 500 to 900 MPa and a yield ratio of 0.50 to 0.85, and has a critical internal pressure (IP) satisfying [IP≥0.41×TS×α] (α=[(D/d).sup.2−1]/[0.776×(D/d).sup.2], where TS: tensile strength (MPa) of the steel pipe, D: steel pipe outer diameter (mm), and d: steel pipe inner diameter (mm)), wherein a circumferential-direction residual stress on an inner surface of the pipe is −20 MPa or lower after the steel pipe is split in half in a pipe axis direction.

A steel pipe for fuel injection pipe has a tensile strength of 500 to 900 MPa and a yield ratio of 0.50 to 0.85, and has a critical internal pressure (IP) satisfying [IP≥0.41×TS×α] (α=[(D/d).sup.2−1]/[0.776×(D/d).sup.2], where TS: tensile strength (MPa) of the steel pipe, D: steel pipe outer diameter (mm), and d: steel pipe inner diameter (mm)), wherein a circumferential-direction residual stress on an inner surface of the pipe is −20 MPa or lower after the steel pipe is split in half in a pipe axis direction.

A bearing component composed of a chromium-molybdenum-vanadium alloyed tool steel is produced by a process that includes: (i) performing a first preheating within a temperature range of 600-650° C., (ii) performing a second preheating within a temperature range of 850-900° C., (iii) austenitizing in vacuum at 1000-1180° C. for 20-40 min, (iv) gas quenching at a minimum of 4-5 bar overpressure, and (v) tempering by performing either a double temper at 520-560° C. for 1.5-2.5 hours in each temper, or a triple temper at 520-560° C. for 0.5-1.5 hours in each temper. The steel alloy may be composed (in mass percent) of 1.32-1.45 C, 0.32-0.50 Si, 0.26-0.48 Mn, 4.0-4.85 Cr, 3.35-3.55 Mo, 3.55-3.85 V, 0-0.13 W, 0-0.20 Ni, 0-0.15 Cu, 0-0.8 Co, 0-0.03 P, and 0-0.03 S, the balance being iron and unavoidable impurities. Mo may be replaced with W or vice versa in a replacement ratio Mo:W of 1:2.

This electric resistance-welded steel tube for a hollow stabilizer is an electric resistance-welded steel tube for a hollow stabilizer including a base material portion and a weld, in which the base material portion has predetermined chemical components, a wall thickness of the base material portion is 2.0 to 6.0 mm, an outer diameter of the electric resistance-welded steel tube is 10 to 40 mm, in a C direction cross section of the electric resistance-welded steel tube, a recessed bead cut is present in a region including the weld on an inner surface side of the electric resistance-welded steel tube, when an imaginary line is drawn from one opening edge to the other opening edge of the bead cut in a shortest distance, a maximum depth from the imaginary line to a bottom of the bead cut is 300 μm or less, a maximum inclusion diameter that is included in the base material portion is 300 μm or less, in the base material portion of the electric resistance-welded steel tube, a surface roughness of the inner surface side is 300 μm or less in terms of a maximum profile valley depth Rv, and maximum hardness of the electric resistance-welded steel tube including the weld is 300 Hv or less.

A hot press member includes excellent indentation peel strength which has a tensile strength of 1780 MPa or more. A plating layer has at a surface thereof a 10-point average roughness Rzjis of 25 μm or less, and a steel sheet contains, in mass %, not less than 0.25% but less than 0.50% of C, 1.5% or less of Si, 1.1-2.4% of Mn, 0.05% or less of P, 0.005% or less of S, 0.01-0.50% of Al, 0.010% or less of N, 0.001-0.020% of Sb, 0.005-0.15% of Nb, and 0.005-0.15% of Ti, the balance being Fe and incidental impurities. The average crystal grain size of prior austenite is 7 μm or less and the volume proportion of martensite is 90% or more, within 50 μm in the thickness direction from the surface of the steel sheet excluding the plating layer.

A shaft part excellent in static torsional strength and torsional fatigue strength containing, by mass %, essential elements of C: 0.35 to 0.70%, Si: 0.01 to 0.40%, Mn: 0.5 to 2.6%, P: 0.050% or less, S: 0.005 to 0.020%, Al: 0.010 to 0.050%, N: 0.005 to 0.025%, and O: 0.003% or less, further containing optional elements, having a balance of Fe and impurities, having a chemical composition satisfying formula (1), having at least one hole at an outer circumferential surface, having a volume ratio (R1) of 4 to 20% of retained austenite at a position of a 2 mm depth from the outer circumferential surface, having a volume ratio of retained austenite at a position of a 2 mm depth from the outer circumferential surface in an axial direction of the hole and at a position of a 20 μm depth from the surface of the hole as R2, and having a reduction rate Δγ of 40% or more of retained austenite found by the formula (A): Δγ=[(R1−R2)/R1]×100: Formula (1): 15.0≤25.9C+6.35Mn+2.88Cr+3.09Mo+2.73Ni≤27.2 (Notations of elements in formula are contents of the elements).