A non-oriented electrical steel sheet according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes, in wt%, Si: 1.5 to 4.0%, Al: 0.5 to 1.5%, Mn: 0.05 to 0.55%, C: 0.005% or less, Ti: 0.004% or less (excluding 0%), N: 0.005% or less (excluding 0%), S: 0.005% or less (excluding 0%), and Cu: 0.01% or less (excluding 0%), and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, and satisfies Formula 1 and Formula 2 below.

[N]≤0.005×([Al]×[Ti])  [Formula 1]

[S]≤0.01×([Mn]+[Cu])  [Formula 2]

(In Formula 1 and Formula 2, [N], [Al], [Ti], [S], [Mn], and [Cu] represent a content (wt %) of N, Al, Ti, S, Mn, and Cu, respectively).

An embodiment of the present invention provides a non-oriented electrical steel sheet including. in wt%: Si: 2.5 to 4.0 %, Mn: 0.1 to 1.0 %, Al: 0.5 to 1.5 %, P: 0.002 to 0.015 %, and As: 0.002 to 0.01 %, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, and satisfying Formula 1 and Formula 2.

[00001]$0.005\le \left(\left[\text{P}\right]+\left[\text{As}\right]\right)\le 0.015$

(In Formula 1, [P] and [As] represent a content (wt%) of P and As, respectively.)

[00002]$\left[\text{STD}\right]\le 0.7\times \left[\text{GS}\right]$

([GS] is an average grain size (.Math.m) measured when 10,000 or more grains having a grain size of 5 to 500 .Math.m are observed on a surface of the steel sheet, and STD is a standard deviation (.Math.m) at that time.)

What is provided is a steel sheet for a non-oriented electrical steel sheet containing, in mass %, C: 0.0040% or less, Si: 1.9% or more and 3.5% or less, Al: 0.10% or more and 3.0% or less, Mn: 0.10% or more and 2.0% or less, P: 0.09% or less, S: 0.005% or less, N: 0.0040% or less, B: 0.0060% or less, and the remainder consisting of Fe and impurities, in which the recrystallization rate of the structure of a sheet thickness-direction cross section at each position 10 mm apart toward the sheet width center from each of both end portions in the sheet width direction is less than 50%, and, when the sheet width is represented by W, the recrystallization rate of the structure of a sheet thickness-direction cross section at the position of ¼W from each of both end portions in the sheet width direction is 50% or more.

A soft magnetic alloy powder contains soft magnetic alloy particles. The soft magnetic alloy particles contain Fe and Si. The soft magnetic alloy particles each include crystal grains and crystal grain boundary between the crystal grains. At least one of the crystal grains has a Si segregation part.

A magnetic powder contains a magnetic metal particle comprising iron (Fe) and an insulating coating layer disposed on a surface of the magnetic metal particle and comprising tin (Sn), phosphorous (P) and oxygen (O), and a coil component contains such a magnetic powder.

An object of the present invention is to provide magnesium oxide for an annealing separator which is useful for obtaining grain-oriented electromagnetic steel sheets with excellent magnetic properties and insulating properties. To resolve the above object, an aspect of the present invention resides in magnesium oxide for an annealing separator having a sulfur content of 0.1 to 0.5 mass % and an aggregation degree R.sub.Blaine/R.sub.BET of 3.0 to 5.5 wherein R.sub.Blaine is the particle size calculated from the Blaine specific surface area and R.sub.BET is the particle size calculated from the BET specific surface area.

An object of the present invention is to provide magnesium oxide for an annealing separator which is useful for obtaining grain-oriented electromagnetic steel sheets with excellent magnetic properties and insulating properties. To resolve the above object, an aspect of the present invention resides in magnesium oxide for an annealing separator having a sulfur content of 0.1 to 0.5 mass % and an aggregation degree R.sub.Blaine/R.sub.BET of 3.0 to 5.5 wherein R.sub.Blaine is the particle size calculated from the Blaine specific surface area and R.sub.BET is the particle size calculated from the BET specific surface area.

A paramagnetic stainless steel with a chemical composition including by weight: 26≤Cr≤40%, 5≤Ni≤20%, 0≤Mn≤5%, 0≤Al≤5%, 0≤Mo≤3%, 0≤Cu≤2%, 0≤Si≤5%, 0≤Ti≤1%, 0≤Nb≤1%, 0≤C≤0.1%, 0≤N≤0.1%, 0≤S≤0.5%, 0≤P≤0.1%, the remainder consisting of iron and any impurities each having a content less than or equal to 0.5%, the steel having a hardness HV10 between 500 and 900. It also relates to a part particularly a horological component made of this steel and to the process for manufacturing the part.

A paramagnetic stainless steel with a chemical composition including by weight: 26≤Cr≤40%, 5≤Ni≤20%, 0≤Mn≤5%, 0≤Al≤5%, 0≤Mo≤3%, 0≤Cu≤2%, 0≤Si≤5%, 0≤Ti≤1%, 0≤Nb≤1%, 0≤C≤0.1%, 0≤N≤0.1%, 0≤S≤0.5%, 0≤P≤0.1%, the remainder consisting of iron and any impurities each having a content less than or equal to 0.5%, the steel having a hardness HV10 between 500 and 900. It also relates to a part particularly a horological component made of this steel and to the process for manufacturing the part.

A method for manufacturing a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet, according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: heating a slab, based on 100 wt % of a total composition thereof, including N at 0.0005 wt % to 0.015 wt %, Ti at 0.0001 wt % to 0.020 wt %, V at 0.0001 wt % to 0.020 wt %, Nb at 0.0001 wt % to 0.020 wt %, B at 0.0001 wt % to 0.020 wt %, and the remaining portion including Fe and other impurities, and then hot rolling it to prepare a hot-rolled steel sheet; annealing the hot-rolled steel sheet; after the hot-rolled steel sheet is annealed, cooling the hot-rolled steel sheet, and then cold rolling it to prepare a cold-rolled steel sheet; decarburization-annealing the cold-rolled steel sheet and then nitriding-annealing it, or simultaneously performing the decarburization-annealing and the nitriding-annealing; and final-annealing the decarburization-annealed and nitriding-annealed steel sheet.