To provide an austenitic stainless steel material having a high creep strength and a high creep ductility even in a high-temperature environment at 800° C. or more. An austenitic stainless steel material according to the present disclosure has a chemical composition that includes, in mass %: C: 0.060% or less; Si: 1.0% or less; Mn: 2.00% or less; P: 0.0010 to 0.0400%; S: 0.010% or less; Cr: 10 to 25%; Ni: 25 to 45%; Nb: 0.2 to 2.0%; W: 2.5 to 6.0%; B: 0.0010 to 0.0100%: Al: 2.5 to 4.5%; and the balance being Fe and impurities, and satisfies Formulae (1) and (2), and the sum of the content of dissolved Nb and the content of dissolved W is 3.2 mass % or more.
(W/184+Nb/93)/(C/12)≥5.5  (1)
(W/184+Nb/93)/(B/11)≤450  (2) In Formulae (1) and (2), the content in mass % of the corresponding element is substituted for each symbol of element.

To provide an austenitic stainless steel material having a high creep strength and a high creep ductility even in a high-temperature environment at 800° C. or more. An austenitic stainless steel material according to the present disclosure has a chemical composition that includes, in mass %: C: 0.060% or less; Si: 1.0% or less; Mn: 2.00% or less; P: 0.0010 to 0.0400%; S: 0.010% or less; Cr: 10 to 25%; Ni: 25 to 45%; Nb: 0.2 to 2.0%; W: 2.5 to 6.0%; B: 0.0010 to 0.0100%: Al: 2.5 to 4.5%; and the balance being Fe and impurities, and satisfies Formulae (1) and (2), and the sum of the content of dissolved Nb and the content of dissolved W is 3.2 mass % or more.
(W/184+Nb/93)/(C/12)≥5.5  (1)
(W/184+Nb/93)/(B/11)≤450  (2) In Formulae (1) and (2), the content in mass % of the corresponding element is substituted for each symbol of element.

A method of producing a high performance stainless steel exhibiting corrosion resistance even under a very severe corrosion environment at temperatures of equal to or higher than 180° C., for example, 220° C., while maintaining strength and toughness by improving the corrosion resistance of a conventional martensitic stainless steel with high strength. The martensitic stainless steel includes, in mass %, C: 0.005% to 0.05%, Si: equal to or less than 1.0%, Mn: equal to or less than 2.0%, Cr: 16 to 18%, Ni: 2.5 to 6.5%, Mo: 1.5 to 3.5%, W: equal to or less than 3.5%, Cu: equal to or less than 3.5%, V: 0.01 to 0.08%, Sol.Al: 0.005 to 0.10%, N: equal to or less than 0.05%, and Ta: 0.01 to 0.06%, and the balance Fe with inevitable impurities.

A method of producing a high performance stainless steel exhibiting corrosion resistance even under a very severe corrosion environment at temperatures of equal to or higher than 180° C., for example, 220° C., while maintaining strength and toughness by improving the corrosion resistance of a conventional martensitic stainless steel with high strength. The martensitic stainless steel includes, in mass %, C: 0.005% to 0.05%, Si: equal to or less than 1.0%, Mn: equal to or less than 2.0%, Cr: 16 to 18%, Ni: 2.5 to 6.5%, Mo: 1.5 to 3.5%, W: equal to or less than 3.5%, Cu: equal to or less than 3.5%, V: 0.01 to 0.08%, Sol.Al: 0.005 to 0.10%, N: equal to or less than 0.05%, and Ta: 0.01 to 0.06%, and the balance Fe with inevitable impurities.

A method of manufacturing a part including selective laser melting of a powder including a steel alloy containing, by weight, 16% to 19% chromium and 12.2% to 13.5% nickel, wherein the powder is substantially non-magnetic.

A method of manufacturing a part including selective laser melting of a powder including a steel alloy containing, by weight, 16% to 19% chromium and 12.2% to 13.5% nickel, wherein the powder is substantially non-magnetic.

The high-strength plated steel sheet of the present invention has a plated layer on the surface of a base steel sheet and contains predetermined steel components. The steel sheet includes, in the order from the interface of the base steel sheet and the plated layer towards the base steel sheet: a soft layer having a Vickers hardness that is 90% or less of the Vickers hardness at a portion t/4 of the base steel sheet, where t is a sheet thickness of the base steel sheet: and a hard layer containing martensite, bainite, and ferrite in predetermined ranges. The average depth D of the soft layer is 20 μm or greater, and the average depth d of an internal oxide layer is 4 μm or greater and smaller than D.

A Ni—Cr—Fe alloy with improved resistance to stress corrosion cracking in nuclear environments, the alloy comprising 23-28 wt % Cr, 25-35 wt % Ni, <0.03 wt % C, <0.70 wt % Si, <1.0 wt % Mn, <0.015 wt % S, >0.35 wt % Ti, 0.15-0.45 wt % Al, <0.75 wt % Cu, and balance Fe and incidental impurities. The alloy may be used in steam generator tubing of a nuclear reactor. A method of producing an article includes: providing the alloy as disclosed herein; forming the alloy into the article by cold working the alloy to 20%; and heat treating the article.

A Ni—Cr—Fe alloy with improved resistance to stress corrosion cracking in nuclear environments, the alloy comprising 23-28 wt % Cr, 25-35 wt % Ni, <0.03 wt % C, <0.70 wt % Si, <1.0 wt % Mn, <0.015 wt % S, >0.35 wt % Ti, 0.15-0.45 wt % Al, <0.75 wt % Cu, and balance Fe and incidental impurities. The alloy may be used in steam generator tubing of a nuclear reactor. A method of producing an article includes: providing the alloy as disclosed herein; forming the alloy into the article by cold working the alloy to 20%; and heat treating the article.

A metal powder for powder metallurgy contains Fe as a principal component, Ni in a proportion of 5 mass % or more and 20 mass % or less, Si in a proportion of 0.3 mass % or more and 5 mass % or less, and C in a proportion of 0.005 mass % or more and 0.3 mass % or less, and when one element selected from the group consisting of Ti, V, Y, Zr, Nb, Hf, and Ta is defined as a first element, and one element selected from the group and having a higher group number in the periodic table than that of the first element or having the same group number in the periodic table as that of the first element and a higher period number in the periodic table than that of the first element is defined as a second element.