Disclosed are a low-cost ultra-high-strength multiphase steel plate/steel strip and its manufacturing method. Said steel plate/steel strip comprises the following components in percentage by weight: 0.03 to 0.07% of C, 0.1 to 0.5% of Si, 1.3 to 1.9% of Mn, less than or equal to 0.02% of P, less than or equal to 0.01% of S, 0.01 to 0.05% of Al, 0.2 to 0.5% of Cr, 0.07 to 0.14% of Ti, less than 0.03% of (Ni+Nb+Mo+V), and the balance being Fe and other inevitable impurities; and Mn+1.5Cr+5(Ti+Al+Cu)+10(Mo+Ni)+20(Nb+V)<3.0; Mn+2Cr+4Ti+4Nb+4V+4Mo—Si/3+2C≤3.0. The steel plate is mainly used for the manufacturing of automotive chassis and suspension system parts.

Disclosed are a low-cost ultra-high-strength multiphase steel plate/steel strip and its manufacturing method. Said steel plate/steel strip comprises the following components in percentage by weight: 0.03 to 0.07% of C, 0.1 to 0.5% of Si, 1.3 to 1.9% of Mn, less than or equal to 0.02% of P, less than or equal to 0.01% of S, 0.01 to 0.05% of Al, 0.2 to 0.5% of Cr, 0.07 to 0.14% of Ti, less than 0.03% of (Ni+Nb+Mo+V), and the balance being Fe and other inevitable impurities; and Mn+1.5Cr+5(Ti+Al+Cu)+10(Mo+Ni)+20(Nb+V)<3.0; Mn+2Cr+4Ti+4Nb+4V+4Mo—Si/3+2C≤3.0. The steel plate is mainly used for the manufacturing of automotive chassis and suspension system parts.

An austenitic stainless steel material that has a passivation film on a surface is provided. The austenitic stainless steel material has a chemical composition consisting of, in mass%, C: 0.10% or less, Si: 1.0% or less, Mn: 8.0-10.0%, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.003% or less, Cr: 15.0-18.0%, Ni: 7.0-9.0%, N: 0.15-0.25%, Al: 0.005-0.20%, Ca: 0.0005-0.01%, Cu: less than 1.0%, Mo: less than 1.0%, B: 0-0.0050%, Nb: 0-0.50%, Ti: 0-0.50%, V: 0-0.50%, W: 0-0.50%, Zr: 0-0.50%, Co: 0-0.50%, Mg: 0-0.005%, Ga: 0-0.005%, Hf: 0-0.10%, REM: 0-0.10%, and the balance: Fe and impurities. An f value, namely, [Ni + 0.72Cr + 0.88Mo + 1.11Mn - 0.27Si + 0.53Cu + 12.93C + 7.55N], is more than 29.5 and less than 32.5.

An austenitic stainless steel material that has a passivation film on a surface is provided. The austenitic stainless steel material has a chemical composition consisting of, in mass%, C: 0.10% or less, Si: 1.0% or less, Mn: 8.0-10.0%, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.003% or less, Cr: 15.0-18.0%, Ni: 7.0-9.0%, N: 0.15-0.25%, Al: 0.005-0.20%, Ca: 0.0005-0.01%, Cu: less than 1.0%, Mo: less than 1.0%, B: 0-0.0050%, Nb: 0-0.50%, Ti: 0-0.50%, V: 0-0.50%, W: 0-0.50%, Zr: 0-0.50%, Co: 0-0.50%, Mg: 0-0.005%, Ga: 0-0.005%, Hf: 0-0.10%, REM: 0-0.10%, and the balance: Fe and impurities. An f value, namely, [Ni + 0.72Cr + 0.88Mo + 1.11Mn - 0.27Si + 0.53Cu + 12.93C + 7.55N], is more than 29.5 and less than 32.5.

The present disclosure relates to a steel for pressure vessels used in a hydrogen sulfide atmosphere, and relates to a steel material for pressure vessels having excellent resistance to hydrogen induced cracking (HIC) and a manufacturing method thereof.

Disclosed is a stainless steel having excellent surface electrical conductivity for a fuel cell separator. According to an embodiment of the disclosed stainless steel having excellent surface electrical conductivity for a fuel cell separator, a value of the following surface oxide atomic ratio (1) may be 0.5 or less, as measured on the surface of a stainless steel containing 15 wt % or more of Cr by X-ray angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy using an Al-Kα X-ray source under the condition where a take-off angle of photoelectrons is from 12° to 85°.

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The metal oxide (MO) includes a mixed oxide: M represents an alloying element other than Cr and Fe or a combination thereof in the matrix; and O represents oxygen. The total oxides and hydroxides include a Cr oxide, a Cr hydroxide, an Fe oxide, an Fe hydroxide, and the metal oxide (MO).

A hot-rolled steel sheet has, as a chemical composition, by mass %: C: 0.01% to 0.30%; Si: 0.01% to 3.00%; Mn: 0.20% to 3.00%; P: 0.030% or less; S: 0.030% or less; Al: 0.001% to 2.000%; N: 0.0100% or less; and Ni: 0.02% to 0.50%, in which among measurement points at which elemental analysis is performed at a measurement pitch of 1 μm using an EPMA in a region of 250 μm×250 μm on a surface, the percentage of measurement points having a Ni content of 0.5 mass % or more is 10% to 70%.

A steel sheet includes a predetermined composition, in which a microstructure at a ¼ thickness position from a surface in a sheet thickness direction includes, by vol %, ferrite: 80% or more, martensite: 2% or less, and residual austenite: 2% or less, a proportion of unrecrystallized ferrite in the ferrite of 5% or less, and in the microstructure of the steel sheet stretched by 10% at the ¼ thickness position from the surface in the sheet thickness direction, a number density of voids having a maximum diameter of 1.0 μm or more is 1.0×10.sup.9 pieces/m.sup.2 or less.

Disclosed is, as a high-strength steel plate of API X80 grade or higher with a thickness of 38 mm or more, a thick steel plate for structural pipes or tubes that exhibits high strength in the rolling direction and excellent Charpy properties at its mid-thickness part without addition of large amounts of alloying elements. The thick steel plate for structural pipes or tubes disclosed herein has: a specific chemical composition; a microstructure at its mid-thickness part that is a dual-phase microstructure of ferrite and bainite with an area fraction of the ferrite being less than 50%, and that contains ferrite grains with a grain size of 15 μm or less in an area fraction of 80% or more with respect to the whole area of the ferrite; a tensile strength of 620 MPa or more; and a Charpy absorption energy vE.sub.−20+ C. at −20° C. at the mid-thickness part of 100 J or more.

Disclosed is, as a high-strength steel plate of API X80 grade or higher with a thickness of 38 mm or more, a thick steel plate for structural pipes or tubes that exhibits high strength in the rolling direction and excellent Charpy properties at its mid-thickness part without addition of large amounts of alloying elements. The thick steel plate for structural pipes or tubes disclosed herein has: a specific chemical composition; a microstructure at its mid-thickness part that is a dual-phase microstructure of ferrite and bainite with an area fraction of the ferrite being less than 50%, and that contains ferrite grains with a grain size of 15 μm or less in an area fraction of 80% or more with respect to the whole area of the ferrite; a tensile strength of 620 MPa or more; and a Charpy absorption energy vE.sub.−20+ C. at −20° C. at the mid-thickness part of 100 J or more.