IP Library Granted Patent US 7,785,426
Granted Patent B2
US 7,785,426 · App. 10/551,222 · Granted Aug 31, 2010

Welded joint of tempered martensite based heat-resistant steel

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Patent No.
US 7,785,426
App. No.
10/551,222
Granted
Aug 31, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A welded joint of a tempered martensitic heat resisting steel includes a fine-grained heat affected zone of weldment of a heat resisting steel having a tempered martensite structure which exhibits a creep strength of 90% or more of the creep strength of the base metal thereof. The welded joint is inhibited in the formation of the fine-grained HAZ exhibiting a significantly reduced creep strength.

Claims (42)

1. A welded joint of a tempered martensitic heat resisting steel, wherein the heat resisting steel having a tempered martensite structure consists of the following elements by weight %,

C: 0.03 to 0.15%,

Si: 0.01 to 0.9%,

Mn: 0.01 to 1.5%,

Cr: 8.0 to 13.0%,

Al: 0.0005 to 0.02%,

Mo+W/2: 0.1 to 2.0%,

V: 0.05 to 0.5%,

N: 0.06% or less,

Nb: 0.01 to 0.2%,

B: 0.003 to 0.03%,

Co: 0.1 to 5.0%, and

the residue is composed of Fe and the following inevitable impurities by weight %,

P: 0.03% or less,

S: 0.01% or less,

O: 0.02% or less,

Mg: 0.01% or less,

Ca: 0.01% or less, and

Y and rare earth elements: a total amount of 0.01% or less,

and wherein an area ratio of a microstructure depending on a microstructure of a base metal is 60% or more in a heat affected zone, and formation of fine prior austenite grains is suppressed in the heat affected zone.

2. A welded joint of a tempered martensitic heat resisting steel, wherein the heat resisting steel having a tempered martensite structure consists of the following elements by weight %,

C: 0.03 to 0.15%,

Si: 0.01 to 0.9%,

Mn: 0.01 to 1.5%,

Cr: 8.0 to 13.0%,

Al: 0.0005 to 0.02%,

Mo+W/2: 0.1 to 2.0%,

V: 0.05 to 0.5%,

N: 0.06% or less,

Nb: 0.01 to 0.2%,

B: 0.003 to 0.03%,

Co: 0.1 to 5.0%,

Ni: 0.5% or less,

Cu: 1.7% or less, and

the residue is composed of Fe and the following inevitable impurities by weight %,

P: 0.03% or less,

S: 0.01% or less,

O: 0.02% or less,

Mg: 0.01% or less,

Ca: 0.01% or less, and

Y and rare earth elements: a total amount of 0.01% or less,

and wherein an area ratio of a microstructure depending on a microstructure of a base metal is 60% or more in a heat affected zone, and formation of fine prior austenite grains is suppressed in the heat affected zone.

Assignments (4)
MERGER Recorded May 14, 2019
From: SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049165/0517 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 14, 2019
From: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049257/0828 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 3, 2018
From: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE; SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 047047/0131 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 20, 2006
From: TABUCHI, MASAAKI; OKADA, HIROKAZU; KONDO, MASAYUKI; TSUKAMOTO, SUSUMU; ABE, FUJIO
To: NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE; SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.; MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 017694/0934 →