A plastic forming mold made from a stainless steel, having in weight % (wt. %): C 0.32-0.50, Si 0.1-1.0, Mn 0.1-0.8, Cr 11-14, Mo 1.8-2.6, V 0.35-0.70, N 0.05-0.19, optional elements, and a balance of Fe apart from impurities. The stainless steel is hardened and tempered and has a matrix comprising 90 vol. % martensite.

A plastic forming mold made from a stainless steel, having in weight % (wt. %): C 0.32-0.50, Si 0.1-1.0, Mn 0.1-0.8, Cr 11-14, Mo 1.8-2.6, V 0.35-0.70, N 0.05-0.19, optional elements, and a balance of Fe apart from impurities. The stainless steel is hardened and tempered and has a matrix comprising 90 vol. % martensite.

In this cast austenitic stainless steel, in a cross section when heated at 1000 C., an average number Nc per unit area of carbides having an equivalent circle diameter of 500 nm or larger in a center portion of an austenite crystal grain is 6.010.sup.2 particles/m.sup.2 or more, and, when an average number per unit area of the carbides having an equivalent circle diameter of 500 nm or larger in a vicinity of a grain boundary in an austenite crystal grain is represented as Ngb, Ngb/Nc is 1.3 or less.

In this cast austenitic stainless steel, in a cross section when heated at 1000 C., an average number Nc per unit area of carbides having an equivalent circle diameter of 500 nm or larger in a center portion of an austenite crystal grain is 6.010.sup.2 particles/m.sup.2 or more, and, when an average number per unit area of the carbides having an equivalent circle diameter of 500 nm or larger in a vicinity of a grain boundary in an austenite crystal grain is represented as Ngb, Ngb/Nc is 1.3 or less.

The present invention relates to a duplex stainless steel comprising the following elements in weight %: C max 0.030; Si max 0.30; Mn 0.20 to 2.50; P max 0.030; S max 0.030; Cr 28.5 to 30.5; Ni 6.0 to 8.0; Mo 0.70 to 3.00; W 2.00 to 4.40; Cu0.50; N 0.30 to 0.55; Balance is Fe and unavoidable impurities; and wherein the ferrite content is of 40-60 vol %; and wherein the duplex stainless steel fulfills the requirements of: a. [Cr]+4.0*[Mo]+2.0*[W]<42.5 wherein the values of [Cr], [Mo] and [W] are in weight %; and b. having less than 10% coverage of quenched-in nitrides in the ferrite grain boundaries when in solution annealed condition. The present invention also relates to objects made of the present duplex stainless steel having a Rp0.2 higher than 650 MPa, ISO 6892-1 2019.

A steel alloy with unique and superior combinations of properties such as elevated temperature strength, oxidation resistance, thermal conductivity and wear resistance. Disclosed embodiments comprise or substantially consist of: C in an amount of 0.2-0.45 weight %; Si in an amount of 0.6-1.1 weight %; Mn in an amount of 1.1 weight %; Cr in an amount of 2.5-4.0 weight %; one or both of Mo or W, a combined amount of the Mo or W0.9 weight %; Ti in an amount of 0.035-0.14 weight %; V in an amount of 0.18-1.1 weight % and the balance being Fe and usual impurities.

An austenitic stainless alloy material that has excellent creep strength and excellent stress relaxation cracking resistance is provided. An austenitic stainless alloy material according to the present disclosure contains, in mass %, C: 0.03 to 0.12%, Si: 0.05 to 2.00%, Mn: 0.05 to 3.00%, P: 0.03% or less, S: 0.010% or less, Ni: 18.0 to less than 25.0%, Cr: 22.0 to less than 30.0%, Co: 0.04 to 0.80%, Ti: 0.002 to 0.010%, Nb: 0.1 to 1.0%, V: 0.01 to 1.00%, Al: 0.001 to less than 0.030%, and N: 0.10 to 0.35%. The number density of precipitates having an equivalent circular diameter of 0.5 to 2.0 m is 5000 pieces/mm.sup.2 or more.

A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: by weight %, 2.0-4.0% of Si, 0.04-0.2% of Mn, 0.010% or less (exclusive of 0%) of N, 0.01-0.05% of Sb, 0.005% or less (exclusive of 0%) of C, 0.03-0.08% of Sn, 0.01-0.2% of Cr, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities; and precipitates which have an average particle size of 5-50 nm and contain at least one of AlN, (Al, Si)N, (Al, Si, Mn)N, Mns, and CuS.

A method for manufacturing a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: hot-rolling a slab to prepare a hot-rolled sheet, the slab containing, in wt %, 2.0 to 6.0% of Si, 0.04 to 0.12% of Mn, 0.001 to 0.022% of N, 0.027 to 0.060% of C, 0.01 to 0.08% of Nb, 0.01% or less of Ti, and the balance of Fe and other inevitable impurities; cold-rolling the hot-rolled sheet to prepare a cold-rolled sheet; and subjecting the primarily recrystallization-annealed cold-rolled sheet to secondary recrystallization annealing.

Provided are a wire rod for cold heading having high resistance to delayed facture, a part having high resistance to delayed facture, and methods for manufacturing the wire rod and the part. The wire rod of the present disclosure has a chemical composition including, by wt %, C: 0.3% to 0.5%, Si: 0.01% to 0.3%, Mn: 0.3% to 1.0%, Cr: 0.5% to 1.5%, Mo: 0.5% to 1.5%, Ni: 0.5% to 2.0%, V: 0.01% to 0.4%, and a balance of Fe and other impurities, and the chemical composition satisfies the relational expression 1, wherein the high-strength wire rod has a microstructure including, by area %, 5% to 20% martensite, 0.1% to 1% pearlite, and a balance of bainite.