C22C38/001

Duplex ferritic austenitic stainless steel
11566309 · 2023-01-31 · ·

Disclosed is a duplex ferritic austenitic stainless steel of 40-60 volume % ferrite and 40-60 volume % austenite, with improved cold workability and impact toughness. It contains less than 0.07% carbon (C), 0.1-2.0% silicon (Si), 3-5% manganese (Mn), 19-23% chromium (Cr), 1.1-1.9% nickel (Ni), 1.1-3.5% copper (Cu), 0.18-0.30% nitrogen (N), optionally molybdenum (Mo) and/or tungsten (W) according to the formula (Mo+½W)<1.0%. It optionally contains 0.001-0.005% boron (B), up to 0.03% of each of cerium (Ce) and/or calcium (Ca), with the balance being iron (Fe) and impurities where the chromium equivalent (Cr.sub.eq) and the nickel equivalent (Ni.sub.eq): 20<Cr.sub.eq<24.5 and Ni.sub.eq>10, where Cr.sub.eq=Cr+1.5Si+Mo+2Ti+0.5Nb Ni.sub.eq=Ni+0.5Mn+30(C+N)+0.5(Cu+Co).

Dual-phase stainless steel, and method of production thereof

Provided herein is a dual-phase stainless steel having excellent carbon dioxide corrosion resistance, excellent sulfide stress corrosion cracking resistance, and excellent sulfide stress cracking resistance. The dual-phase stainless steel contains, in mass %, C: 0.03% or less, Si: 1.0% or less, Mn: 0.10 to 1.5%, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.005% or less, Cr: 20.0 to 30.0%, Ni: 5.0 to 10.0%, Mo: 2.0 to 5.0%, Cu: 2.0 to 6.0%, N: less than 0.07%, and the balance Fe and unavoidable impurities, and has a structure that is 20 to 70% austenite phase, and 30 to 80% ferrite phase in terms of a volume fraction.

Grain-oriented electrical steel sheet and method for manufacturing same

Provided is a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet having better transformer iron loss property than conventional grain-oriented electrical steel sheets. A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet comprises: a steel substrate; a forsterite film on a surface of the steel substrate; and a Cr-depleted layer at a boundary between the steel substrate and the forsterite film, the Cr-depleted layer having a Cr concentration that is 0.70 times to 0.90 times a Cr concentration of the steel substrate.

Hot stamped product, steel sheet for hot stamp, and manufacturing method thereof
11565299 · 2023-01-31 · ·

The entirety or a part of this hot stamped product includes, as a chemical composition, by mass %, C: 0.001% or more and less than 0.080%, Si: 2.50% or less, Mn: 0.01% or more and less than 0.50%, P: 0.200% or less, S: 0.0200% or less, sol.Al: 0.001% to 2.500%, N: 0.0200% or less, Cr: 0.30% or more and less than 2.00%, and a remainder: Fe and impurities, in which a metallographic structure contains, by vol %, ferrite: more than 60.0%, martensite: 0% or more and less than 10.0%, and bainite: 0% or more and less than 20.0%, a tensile strength is less than 700 MPa, and ΔTS, which is a decrease in the tensile strength after a heat treatment at 170° C. for 20 minutes, is 100 MPa or less.

Method for improving performance of sintered NdFeB magnets

The present disclosure relates generally to a method for improving the performance of sintered NdFeB magnet. A method of preparing a sintered NdFeB magnet therefore comprises the steps of: a) preparing alloy flakes from a raw material of the NdFeB magnet by a strip casting process; and b) preparing a coarse alloy powder from the alloy flakes by a hydrogen decrepitation process, the hydrogen decrepitation process including treatment of the alloy flakes under a hydrogen pressure of 0.10 MPa to 0.25 MPa for a duration of 1 to 3.5 hours, then degassing the hydrogen at a predetermined temperature between 300° C. to 400° C. for a duration time of 0.5 to 5 hours, and then mixing the resulting coarse alloy powder with a lubricant.

NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME
20230025678 · 2023-01-26 · ·

A non-oriented electrical steel sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention includes, in wt%, Si: 2.2 to 4.5 %, Mn: 0.5 % or less (excluding 0 %), AI: 0.001 to 0.5 %, Sn: 0.07 to 0.25 %, and N: 0.0010 to 0.0090 %, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities.

A surface layer portion existing in an inner direction from a surface of the steel sheet and a central portion existing inside the surface layer portion are included, and the central portion includes N at 0.005 wt% or less, and the surface layer portion further includes N at 0.001 wt% or more compared to the central portion; and the surface layer portion has an average grain size of 60 .Math.m or less, while the central portion has an average grain size of 70 to 300 .Math.m.

HIGH-STRENGTH FERRITIC STAINLESS STEEL FOR CLAMP, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR
20230025024 · 2023-01-26 · ·

Disclosed are high-strength ferritic stainless steel STS430, which has a yield strength of 350 MPa or greater and can be applied to a clamp of a vehicle or a common hose, and a manufacturing method thereof. The high-strength ferritic stainless steel for a clamp, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises, by weight, 0.04-0.1% of C, 0.2-0.6% of Si, 0.01-1.5% of Mn, 14.0-18.0% of Cr, 0.005-0.2% of Al, 0.005-0.2% of V, 0.02-0.1% of N, and the remainder as Fe and inevitable impurities, satisfies Expressions (1) and (2), and has at least 2.5×10.sup.6 precipitates having a mean diameter of 0.5 μm or less per mm.sup.2. (1) 0.35%≤Si+Al+V≤0.6% (2) 0.09%≤C+N≤0.12%

GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME
20230028520 · 2023-01-26 · ·

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.

STEEL SHEET HAVING EXCELLENT WEAR RESISTANCE AND COMPOSITE CORROSION RESISTANCE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME
20230023569 · 2023-01-26 · ·

The present invention provides a steel sheet having excellent wear resistance and composite corrosion resistance, and a method of manufacturing same. According to one example of the present invention, a corrosion-resistant steel sheet having excellent wear resistance and composite corrosion resistance comprises, in wt %: 0.04-0.10% of carbon (C); 0.10% or less (excluding 0%) of silicon (Si); 0.20-0.35% of copper (Cu); 0.1-0.2% of nickel (Ni); 0.05-0.15% of antimony (Sb); 0.07-0.22% of tin (Sn); 0.05-0.15% of titanium (Ti); 0.01% or less (excluding 0%) of sulfur (S); 0.005% or less (excluding 0%) of nitrogen (N); 0.05-0.15% of molybdenum (Mo); and the balance of iron (Fe) and inevitable impurities, and satisfies formula 1 and formula 2 below.


[Ni]/[Cu]≥0.5   [Formula 1]


48×([Ti]/48−[S]/32−[N]/14)≥0.04   [Formula 2]

Here, in formula 1 and formula 2, [Ni], [Cu], [Ti], [S], and [N] represent Ni, Cu, Ti, S, and N content (wt %) in the steel sheet, respectively.

STEEL MATERIAL HAVING EXCELLENT SULFIDE STRESS CORROSION CRACKING RESISTANCE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME

The present disclosure relates to a thick steel material that can be appropriately used as a line pipe, a sour-resistant material and, more particularly, to a high-strength steel material having excellent sulfide stress corrosion cracking resistance and excellent resistance against propagation of sulfide stress corrosion cracking, and a method of manufacturing the steel material.