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.

Provided are a high-strength wire rod having high hydrogen embrittlement resistance for cold heading, and a method for manufacturing the high-strength wire rod. The high-strength wire rod for cold heading has a chemical composition including, by weight %, 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%, V: 0.01% to 0.4%, and a balance of Fe and other impurities, and the chemical composition satisfies the relational expression 1. The high-strength wire rod for cold heading has a microstructure including, by area %, 1% to 15% martensite, 0.1% to 5% pearlite, and a balance of bainite, and the fraction of martensite formed along grain boundaries of prior austenite in the martensite of the microstructure is 60% or more.

Disclosed are a wire rod and a component, for cold forging, each having excellent delayed fracture resistance characteristics and applicable to high-strength bolts and the like and a manufacturing method therefor.

According to an embodiment, a heat-treated component having excellent delayed fracture resistance characteristics includes, in percent by weight (wt %), 0.3 to 0.5% of C, 0.01 to 0.3% of Si, 0.3 to 1.0% of Mn, at least two types selected from the group consisting of 0.3 to 1.5% of Cr, 0.3 to 1.5% of Mo, and 0.01 to 0.4% of V, and the balance being Fe and other impurities, includes, as a microstructure, a tempered martensite phase in an area fraction of 95% or more, and includes V-based carbides having a diameter of 300 nm or less at 10/100 μm.sup.2 or more.

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.

An electric resistance welded steel pipe includes a base metal zone and an electric resistance welded zone. The base metal zone has a predetermined chemical composition and a microstructure including, by volume, ferrite: more than 30%, and bainite: 10% or more. The total volume fraction of the ferrite and the bainite is 70% or more and 95% or less. The balance being one or two or more phases selected from pearlite, martensite, and austenite. Further, when regions surrounded by boundaries between adjacent crystals having a misorientation of 15° or more are defined as crystal grains, the average size of the crystal grains is less than 7.0 μm, and the volume fraction of crystal grains having a size of 40.0 μm or more is 30% or less. A compressive residual stress generated in the inner and outer surfaces of the steel pipe in the axial direction is 250 MPa or less.

A shock absorbing member which can increase impact absorption energy and also enables thinning of a steel sheet that is a starting material, a method for producing the shock absorbing member, and a method for producing a steel sheet for cold plastic working are provided. The shock absorbing member includes a ridge portion formed in a curved shape as viewed from a longitudinal direction, and a wall portion extending from the ridge portion. In the wall portion, a ratio σ.sub.5/τ.sub.5 between a tensile stress σ.sub.5 when an elongation in a tensile test is 5% and a shear stress τ.sub.5 when a shear strain in a shear test is 5√3% is 1.70 or less, or a ratio σ.sub.10/τ.sub.10 between a tensile stress σ.sub.10 when an elongation in a tensile test is 10% and a shear stress τ.sub.10 when a shear strain in a shear test is 10√3% is 1.70 or less.

A stainless steel seamless pipe is provided that is a stainless steel comprising, in mass %, Cr: 11.5 to 35.0%, and Mo: 0.5 to 6.0%, and including ferrite and austenite, the stainless steel seamless pipe having a ferrite grain boundary and/or a ferrite-austenite grain boundary with a Mo concentration (mass %) that is at most 4.0 times the intragranular Mo concentration (mass %) of ferrite, or an austenite grain boundary with a Mo concentration (mass %) that is at most 4.0 times the intragranular Mo concentration (mass %) of austenite, the stainless steel seamless pipe having an axial tensile yield strength of 689 MPa or more, and an axial compressive yield strength/axial tensile yield strength ratio of 0.85 to 1.15.

A stainless steel seamless pipe is provided that is a stainless steel comprising, in mass %, Cr: 11.5 to 35.0%, and Mo: 0.5 to 6.0%, and including ferrite and austenite, the stainless steel seamless pipe having a ferrite grain boundary and/or a ferrite-austenite grain boundary with a Mo concentration (mass %) that is at most 4.0 times the intragranular Mo concentration (mass %) of ferrite, or an austenite grain boundary with a Mo concentration (mass %) that is at most 4.0 times the intragranular Mo concentration (mass %) of austenite, the stainless steel seamless pipe having an axial tensile yield strength of 689 MPa or more, and an axial compressive yield strength/axial tensile yield strength ratio of 0.85 to 1.15.

A valve spring which has an excellent fatigue limit is provided. A chemical composition of the valve spring according to the present embodiment contains, in mass %, C: 0.50 to 0.80%, Si: 1.20 to less than 2.50%, Mn: 0.25 to 1.00%, P: 0.020% or less. S: 0.020% or less: Cr: 0.40 to 1.90%, V: 0.05 to 0.60%, Ca: 0.0001 to 0.0050%, and N: 0.0100% or less, with the balance being Fe and impurities. In the valve spring, a number density of V-based precipitates having a maximum diameter ranging from 2 to 10 nm is 5000 to 80000 pieces/μm.sup.3, and a numerical proportion of Ca sulfides with respect to a total number of oxide-based inclusions and sulfide-based inclusions is 0.20% or less.

A steel wire which has excellent cold coiling workability, and which has an excellent fatigue limit when made into a spring is provided. A chemical composition of the steel wire according to the present, embodiment containing, in mass %, C: 0.50 to 0.80%, Si: 1.20 to less than 2.50%, Mn: 0.25 to 1.00%, P: 0.020% or less, S: 0.020% or less, Cr: 0.40 to 1.90%, V: 0.05 to 0.60%, and N: 0.0100% or less, with the balance being Fe and impurities. In the steel wire, a number density of V-based precipitates having a maximum diameter ranging from 2 to 10 nm is 5000 to 80000 pieces/μm.sup.3.