The present invention relates to a zinc plated steel sheet having excellent surface quality and spot weldability, and a manufacturing method therefore. A zinc plated steel sheet according to one aspect of the present invention comprises a base steel sheet and a zinc-based plating layer formed on the surface of the base steel sheet, wherein the GDOES profile of oxygen, which is measured in the depth direction from the surface of the base steel sheet, has a form in which a local minimum point and a local maximum point alternately appear in the depth direction from the surface, and the difference (a local maximum value—a local minimum value) between the oxygen concentration (a local minimum value) at the local minimum point and the oxygen concentration (a local maximum value) at the local maximum point can be 0.1 wt % or more.

A non-oriented electrical steel sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention includes, in wt %, Si: 1.5 to 4.0%, Al: 0.1 to 1.5%, Mn: 0.05 to 1.5%, Sn: 0.015 to 0.1%, P: 0.005 to 0.05%, Ga: 0.001 to 0.004%, and Bi: 0.0005 to 0.003%, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities. An area fraction of texture in a {118}//ND orientation is higher than that of texture in a {111}///ND orientation.

A non-oriented electrical steel sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention includes, in wt %, Si: 1.5% or less, C: 0.01% or less (excluding 0%), Mn: 0.03 to 3%, P: 0.01 to 0.2%, S: 0.001 to 0.02%, Al: 0.01% or less (excluding 0%), N: 0.005% or less (excluding 0%), Cu: 0.02 to 0.3%, 0.0001 to 0.005 wt % of Ca and Mg either alone or in total, 0.001 to 0.2 wt % of Sb and Sn either alone or in total, and a balance of Fe and inevitable impurities.

A hot-rolled steel sheet for non-oriented electrical steel sheets includes, by mass %: C: 0.0010% to 0.0050%; Si: 1.90% to 3.50%; Al: 0.10% to 3.00%; Mn: 0.05% to 2.00%; P: 0.100% or less; S: 0.005% or less; N: 0.0040% or less; B: 0.0060% or less; Sn: 0% to 0.50%; Sb: 0% to 0.50%; Cu: 0% to 0.50%; REM: 0% to 0.0400%; Ca: 0% to 0.0400%; Mg: 0% to 0.0400%; and a remainder including Fe and impurities, in which a hardness H.sub.D of a deformed structure of a thickness middle portion (½t position) in a sheet width direction end portion of the hot-rolled steel sheet for non-oriented electrical steel sheets is Hv 220 or less.

A method for producing an austenitic heat resistant steel in which a difference between a content of Nb and an amount of Nb analyzed as extraction residues satisfies [0.170≤Nb−Nb.sub.ER≤0.480], the method including: a forming step of machining and forming a steel having a predetermined chemical composition into a product shape; a solution heat treatment step of performing, after the forming step, heat treatment under conditions including a heat treatment temperature satisfying [−250Nb+1200≤T≤−100Nb+1290] and a soaking time satisfying [405−0.3T≤t≤2475−1.5T]; and a cooling step of performing cooling after the solution heat treatment step.

An essentially lead free steel having improved machinability while reducing or eliminating lead (except for trace impurities) and without detriment of the material properties of the steel. The properties of the lead free steel are dependent on both the composition and method of manufacture. The improved lead free steel has, in percent by weight (wt-%): Carbon: 0.39-0.43%; Manganese: 0.75-1.00%; Silicon: 0.15-0.35%; Chromium: 0.80-1.05%; Molybdenum: 0.15-0.25%; at least one of Tellurium: 0.003-0.090 wt-%, Selenium: 0.080-0.2 wt-%, Sulfur: 0.065-0.09% wt-%, and Bismuth: 0.03-0.1 wt-%; and the balance being Fe and normally occurring scrap steel impurities. The hot-rolled lead-free steel product is subjected to a heat treatment at a first temperature for a first duration, at a second temperature for a second duration that is less than the first temperature, at a third temperature for a third time period that is greater than the second temperature, and subsequently cooling the steel product.

The duplex stainless steel seamless pipe according to the present disclosure has the chemical composition described in the description and a microstructure consisting of 30 to 55% of ferrite, and austenite. In a square observation field of view region with sides of 250 μm including a center portion of the wall thickness and including a T direction and a C direction, a number of intersections NT which is a number of intersections between the line segment T1 to T4 described in the description and ferrite interfaces is 65 or more. A number of intersections NC which is a number of intersections between the line segments C1 to C4 described in the description and ferrite interfaces is 50 or more.

Provided is a steel component with excellent surface fatigue strength. The steel component has a nitride compound layer with a thickness of 5.0 μm to 30.0 μm and a hardened layer in an order from a component surface to a component inside, where a thickness of a porous layer on an outermost surface of the nitride compound layer is 3.0 μm or less and 40.0% or less of a thickness of the nitride compound layer, and the hardened layer has a hardness of HV600 or more at a position of 50 μm inward from the component surface, a hardness of HV400 or more at a position from the component surface to the component inside of 400 μm, and a hardness of HV250 or more at a position from the component surface to the component inside of 600 μm.

Provided is a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet which has been subjected to heat-resistant magnetic domain refining treatment and can effectively suppress carburizing and nitriding during stress relief annealing. The grain-oriented electrical steel sheet has a plurality of grooves on one side that extend linearly across the rolling direction and are lined up at intervals in the rolling direction, and has at least a forsterite film on a surface of the steel sheet, where an average thickness of the forsterite film formed on the floor of the grooves is 0.45 μm or more, and a standard deviation a of the thickness is 0.34 μm or less.

There is provided a duplex stainless steel tube including a chemical composition consisting of, in mass %, C: 0.008 to 0.030%, Si: 0.10 to 0.70%, Mn: 0.80 to 2.60%, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.0001 to 0.0050%, O: 0.0004 to 0.0150%, Sn: 0.0001% or more to less than 0.0100%, Cu: 0.10 to 2.50%, Ni: more than 2.50 to 5.50% or less, Cr: 21.5 to 25.5%, Mo: 0.10 to 0.50%, N: 0.050 to 0.200%, Al: 0.200% or less, and optional elements, with the balance: Fe and impurities, wherein 4S+8O+Sn is 0.0040 to 0.0900, and 4S+Sn is 0.0180 or less.