A stainless steel pipe of a predetermined composition is provided that has an axial tensile yield strength of 689 MPa or more, an axial compressive yield strength/axial tensile yield strength ratio of 0.85 to 1.15, and a microstructure that is 20 to 80% ferrite phase by volume with the remainder containing an austenite phase, the stainless steel pipe having pipe end portions at least one of which has a fastening portion for an external thread or an internal thread, and having a curvature radius of 0.2 mm or more for a corner R formed by a bottom surface of a thread root and a pressure-side flank surface of the thread, measured in an axial plane section of the fastening portion.

Provided is a martensite-based stainless steel component that has a nitride layer on a surface of a martensite-based stainless steel with a constituent composition including, in percent by mass, 0.25 to 0.45% of C, 1.0% or less of Si, 0.1 to 1.5% of Mn, 12.0 to 15.0% of Cr, and 0.5 to 3.0% of Mo, with a remainder being Fe and impurities, wherein hardness at a position of a depth of 0.1 mm from a surface of the martensite-based stainless steel component is 650 HV or more, and a number density of carbide with an equivalent circle diameter of 1 μm or more is 100 particles/10000 μm.sup.2 in a sectional structure at the position of the depth of 0.1 mm from the surface of the martensite-based stainless steel component. Also, a method for manufacturing the martensite-based stainless steel component is provided.

Provided are a steel that is for a die and that enables production of a die being for hot working and having both high hardness and high thermal conductivity; a die for hot working; and a manufacturing method for the same. The steel for a hot working die has a compositional makeup containing, in mass %, 0.45-0.65% of C, 0.1-0.6% of Si, 0.1-2.5% of Mn, 1.0-6.0% of Cr, 1.2-3.5% of (Mo+½W) where Mo and W are contained independently or in combination, 0.1-0.5% of V, 0.15-0.6% of Ni, 0.1-0.6% of Cu, and 0.1-0.6% of Al, the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities. Further, this die for hot working has said compositional makeup, and this manufacturing method is for manufacturing said die for hot working.

This coated steel member includes: a steel sheet substrate having a predetermined chemical composition; and a coating formed on a surface of the steel sheet substrate and containing Al and Fe, in which the coating has a low Al content region having an Al content of 3 mass % or more and less than 30 mass % and a high Al content region formed on a side closer to a surface than the low Al content region and having an Al content of 30 mass % or more, a maximum C content of the high Al content region is 25% or less of a C content of the steel sheet substrate, a maximum C content of the low Al content region is 40% or less of the C content of the steel sheet substrate, and a maximum C content in a range from an interface between the steel sheet substrate and the coating to a depth of 10 μm on a side of the steel sheet substrate is 80% or less of the C content of the steel sheet substrate.

To provide a high-strength seamless stainless steel pipe for oil well that has high strength, is excellent in hot workability, has excellent carbon dioxide gas corrosion resistance, and is excellent in SSC resistance under a low temperature environment. A high-strength seamless stainless steel pipe for oil well having a composition containing the particular components, the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, and satisfying certain expressions, having a number density of an inclusion having a major axis of 5 μm or more and 0.5<Ti/(Ti+Al+Mg+Ca)<1.0 of 0.5 per mm.sup.2 or more and 3 per mm.sup.2 or less, and having a yield strength of 655 MPa or more, wherein in 0.5<Ti/(Ti+Al+Mg+Ca)<1.0, Ti, Al, Mg, and Ca represent the contents (% by mass) of the elements in the inclusion, and an element that is not contained is designated as 0.

The present invention relates to a method for producing an article out of a maraging steel, wherein the article is successively subjected to a solution annealing and heat treatment, wherein the steel has the following composition in weight percent: C=0.01-0.05 Si=0.4-0.8 Mn=0.1-0.5 Cr=12.0-13.0 Ni=9.5-10.5 Mo=0.5-1.5 Ti=0.5-1.5 Al=0.5-1.5 Cu=0.0-0.05 Residual iron and smelting-induced impurities.

The invention relates to a method for producing a steel material, particularly a corrosion-resistant steel material for pumps and similar, in which a steel corresponding to the following analysis (in wt. %) is smelted: C<0.050; Si<0.70; Mn<1.00; P<0.030; S<0.010; Cr=14-15.50; Mo=0.30-0.60; Ni=4.50-5.50; V<0.20; W<0.20; Cu=2.50-4.00; Co<0.30; Ti<0.05; Al<0.05; Nb<0.05; Ta<0.05; N<0.05.

An air conditioner including an outdoor unit having a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger, a main expansion device, and a refrigerant pipe configured to connect the outdoor heat exchanger to the main expansion device; an indoor unit having an indoor heat exchanger; and a connection pipe configured to connect the outdoor unit to the indoor unit, wherein the air conditioner has refrigeration capacity of 2 kW to 7 kW, a R134a is used as the refrigerant, the refrigerant pipe is made of a ductile stainless steel material having a delta ferrite matrix structure of 1% or less on the basis of a grain area, and the refrigerant pipe includes a suction pipe that guides suction of a refrigerant into the compressor and has an outer diameter of 12.70 mm.

Disclosed are a high strength thin specification high corrosion resistance steel and a manufacturing method therefor. The chemical ingredients of the steel in percentages by weight are as follows: 0.02-0.06% of C, 0.1-0.5% of Si, 0.4-1.7% of Mn, ≤0.02% of P, 4.0-6.0% of Cr, 1.0-3.0% of Ni, ≤0.007% of S, 0.004-0.010% of N, <0.001% of Als, 0.001-0.006% of B, 0.007-0.020% of total oxygen [O].sub.T, and the balance is Fe and inevitable impurities, and same simultaneously satisfy: comprising one or both elements of 0.01-0.08% of Nb or 0.01-0.08% of V; and Mn/S≥250. In the invention, micro-alloy elements such as Nb/V and a B element are selectively added to steel, the basicity of slag, the type and melting point of the inclusion in steel, the content of free oxygen in molten steel and the content of acid-soluble aluminum Als during the smelting process are controlled, and a strip is then cast by means of twin-roll thin strip continuous casting, and enters an online rolling mill for hot rolling in closed conditions, and after rolling, the strip steel is cooled by air atomization cooling.

A stainless steel seamless pipe having high strength and excellent corrosion resistance, and a method for producing the same. The stainless steel seamless pipe has a specified composition and satisfies a predetermined formula. The stainless steel seamless pipe has a microstructure containing at least 30% martensitic phase, at most 60% ferrite phase, and at most 40% retained austenite phase by volume, the stainless steel seamless pipe having a yield strength of 758 MPa or more.