IP Library Granted Patent US 10,323,294
Granted Patent B2
US 10,323,294 · App. 15/753,307 · Granted Jun 18, 2019

Austenitic stainless steel foil

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Patent No.
US 10,323,294
App. No.
15/753,307
Granted
Jun 18, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is an austenitic stainless steel foil that demonstrates a high degree of stretch formability and little deformation anisotropy with respect to stretch forming despite having a sheet thickness of 60 μm or less. The austenitic stainless steel foil of the present invention has a sheet thickness of 5 μm to 60 μm, a recrystallization rate of 90% to 100%, and a texture in which the total of the area ratio of a crystal orientation in which the difference in orientation from the {112}<111> orientation is within 10°, the area ratio of a crystal orientation in which the difference in orientation from the {110}<112> orientation is within 10°, and the area ratio of a crystal orientation in which the difference in orientation from the {110}<001> orientation is within 10°, in a measuring field thereof, is 20% or less.

Claims (15)

1. An austenitic stainless steel foil having a sheet thickness of 5 μm to 60 μm, comprising:

a recrystallization rate of 90% to 100%, and

an texture in which a total of an area ratio of a crystal orientation in which a difference in orientation from a {112}<111> orientation is within 10°, an area ratio of a crystal orientation in which a difference in orientation from a {110}<112> orientation is within 10°, and an area ratio of a crystal orientation in which a difference in orientation from a {110}<001> orientation is within 10°, in a measuring field of the stainless steel foil, is 20% or less.

2. The austenitic stainless steel foil according to claim 1 , wherein a resin film is laminated on at least one surface of the austenitic stainless steel foil.

3. The austenitic stainless steel foil according to claim 1 , wherein the sheet thickness is 5 μm to 25 μm.

4. The austenitic stainless steel foil according to claim 3 , wherein the number of crystal grains in the direction of sheet thickness is 3 or more, and

wherein the number of crystal grains in a direction of sheet thickness is determined by measuring crystal grain size in compliance with JIS G 0551, calculating average crystal grain size, dividing sheet thickness by average crystal grain size, and using the quotient thereof as the number of crystal grains in the direction of sheet thickness.

5. The austenitic stainless steel foil according to claim 3 , wherein a nitrogen concentration of a surface layer of the stainless steel foil is 1.0% by mass or less.

6. The austenitic stainless steel foil according to claim 3 , wherein a resin film is laminated on at least one surface of the austenitic stainless steel foil.

7. The austenitic stainless steel foil according to claim 1 , wherein the number of crystal grains in the direction of sheet thickness is 3 or more, and

wherein the number of crystal grains in a direction of sheet thickness is determined by measuring crystal grain size in compliance with JIS G 0551, calculating average crystal grain size, dividing sheet thickness by average crystal grain size, and using the quotient thereof as the number of crystal grains in the direction of sheet thickness.

8. The austenitic stainless steel foil according to claim 7 , wherein a nitrogen concentration of a surface layer of the stainless steel foil is 1.0% by mass or less.

9. The austenitic stainless steel foil according to claim 7 , wherein a resin film is laminated on at least one surface of the austenitic stainless steel foil.

10. The austenitic stainless steel foil according to claim 1 , wherein a nitrogen concentration of a surface layer of the stainless steel foil is 1.0% by mass or less.

11. The austenitic stainless steel foil according to claim 10 , wherein a resin film is laminated on at least one surface of the austenitic stainless steel foil.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 11, 2020
From: NIPPON STEEL CHEMICAL & MATERIAL CO., LTD.
To: NIPPON STEEL CHEMICAL & MATERIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051894/0776 →
MERGER Recorded May 10, 2019
From: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN MATERIALS CO., LTD.
To: NIPPON STEEL CHEMICAL & MATERIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 049149/0423 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 20, 2018
From: UNNO, HIROTO; SAWAKI, NAOYA; FUJIMOTO, NAOKI; FUKUDA, MASAHIRO; UNO, TOMOHIRO; INAGUMA, TORU
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN MATERIALS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 044982/0526 →