What is provided is a high-strength steel sheet including, by mass %: C: 0.05% to 0.15%; Si: 1.5% or less; Mn: 2.00% to 5.00%; P: 0.100% or less; S: 0.010% or less; Al: 0.001% to 2.000%; N: 0.010% or less; and a remainder of Fe and impurities, in which Ceq defined by Ceq=C+Si/90+Mn/100+1.5P+3S is less than 0.21, the high-strength steel sheet contains martensite in an area ratio of 98% or more, and a residual structure is in an area ratio of 2% or less, a two-dimensional homogeneous dispersion ratio S defined by S=Sy.sup.2/Sx.sup.2 (Sx.sup.2 is a dispersion value of Mn concentration profile data in a sheet width direction, and Sy.sup.2 is a dispersion value of the Mn concentration profile data in a sheet thickness direction) is 0.85 or more and 1.20 or less, and a tensile strength is 1200 MPa or more.

What is provided is a high-strength steel sheet including, by mass %: C: 0.05% to 0.15%; Si: 1.5% or less; Mn: 2.00% to 5.00%; P: 0.100% or less; S: 0.010% or less; Al: 0.001% to 2.000%; N: 0.010% or less; and a remainder of Fe and impurities, in which Ceq defined by Ceq=C+Si/90+Mn/100+1.5P+3S is less than 0.21, the high-strength steel sheet contains martensite in an area ratio of 98% or more, and a residual structure is in an area ratio of 2% or less, a two-dimensional homogeneous dispersion ratio S defined by S=Sy.sup.2/Sx.sup.2 (Sx.sup.2 is a dispersion value of Mn concentration profile data in a sheet width direction, and Sy.sup.2 is a dispersion value of the Mn concentration profile data in a sheet thickness direction) is 0.85 or more and 1.20 or less, and a tensile strength is 1200 MPa or more.

A mechanical watch or measurement instrument having metallic parts, wherein each part of the mechanical watch mechanism has a relative magnetic permeability of less than 1.01.

A mechanical watch or measurement instrument having metallic parts, wherein each part of the mechanical watch mechanism has a relative magnetic permeability of less than 1.01.

In the present invention, provided is a steel sheet having a predetermined chemical composition and a metallographic structure, in which A/B, which is a ratio of a length A of an interface between epitaxial ferrite and ferrite to a length B of an interface between the epitaxial ferrite and martensite in a cross section that is along a rolling direction and perpendicular to a surface of the steel sheet at a position of ¼ of a sheet thickness from the surface of the steel sheet is more than 1.5, a ratio of a major axis to a minor axis of the martensite is 5.0 or more, and a tensile strength is 980 MPa or more.

A method for manufacturing a hot-dip galvanized steel sheet according to one aspect of the present invention includes an annealing step of reduction-annealing a steel sheet having a Si content of 1.0% by mass or more and 3.0% by mass or less at a temperature equal to or higher than an A3 point of the steel sheet in an atmosphere having a dew point of −20° C. or higher; and a hot-dip galvanizing step of making the annealed steel sheet enter into a galvanizing bath to form a galvanized layer on a surface of the steel sheet, wherein a temperature of the steel sheet entering into the galvanizing bath is set to 390° C. or lower.

Provided is a high strength steel sheet that has a predetermined chemical composition and is manufactured under optimum conditions, the high strength steel sheet having a steel microstructure including, by area, ferrite: 30% or more and 80% or less, tempered martensite: 3.0% or more and 35% or less, and retained austenite: 8% or more, wherein the quotient of the area fraction of grains of the retained austenite, the grains having an aspect ratio of 2.0 or more and a minor axis length of 1 μm or less, divided by the total area fraction of the retained austenite is 0.3 or more, wherein the quotient of the average Mn content (mass %) in the retained austenite divided by the average Mn content (mass %) in the ferrite is 1.5 or more.

Provided is a high strength steel sheet that has a predetermined chemical composition and is manufactured under optimum conditions, the high strength steel sheet having a steel microstructure including, by area, ferrite: 30% or more and 80% or less, tempered martensite: 3.0% or more and 35% or less, and retained austenite: 8% or more, wherein the quotient of the area fraction of grains of the retained austenite, the grains having an aspect ratio of 2.0 or more and a minor axis length of 1 μm or less, divided by the total area fraction of the retained austenite is 0.3 or more, wherein the quotient of the average Mn content (mass %) in the retained austenite divided by the average Mn content (mass %) in the ferrite is 1.5 or more.

The steel sheet of the present invention has a steel microstructure containing, in area fraction, martensite: 20% to 100%, ferrite: 0% to 80%, and another metal phase: 5% or less, in which, on a surface of the steel sheet, a ratio of dislocation density in metal phases at a widthwise edge of the steel sheet to dislocation density in the metal phases at a widthwise center of the steel sheet is 100% to 140%, and, at a thicknesswise center of the steel sheet, a ratio of dislocation density in the metal phases at the widthwise edge of the steel sheet to dislocation density in the metal phases at the widthwise center of the steel sheet is 100% to 140%. The maximum amount of warpage of the steel sheet when the steel sheet is sheared to a length of 1 m in a rolling direction is 15 mm or less.

The present invention relates to a high manganese steel for low temperature applications and a method for manufacturing the same. The high manganese steel contains 0.3 wt % to 0.8 wt % of C, 18 wt % to 26 wt % of Mn, 0.01 wt % to 1 wt % of Si, 0.01 wt % to 0.5 wt % of Al, 0.1 wt % or less of Ti (excluding 0%), 1 wt % to 4.5 wt % of Cr, 0.1 wt % to 0.9 wt % of Cu, 0.03 wt % or less of S (excluding 0%), 0.3 wt % or less of P (excluding 0%), 0.001 wt % to 0.03 wt % of N, 0.004 wt % or less of B (excluding 0%), and a remainder of Fe and other inevitable impurities, wherein a microstructure comprises an austenite single phase structure, and an average grain size of the austenite is 50 μm or less.