IP Library Granted Patent US 11,268,177
Granted Patent B2
US 11,268,177 · App. 15/763,164 · Granted Mar 8, 2022

Austenitic stainless steel

Inventors: Kazuhiko Adachi (Tokyo, JP); Akihiro Nishimura (Tokyo, JP); Shinichi Teraoka (Tokyo, JP); Hideki Fujii (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
C22C38/50C21D6/004C21D9/561C22C38/00C22C38/001C22C38/02C22C38/04C22C38/40C22C38/46C22C38/48C22C38/58C23C8/02C23C8/26C21D1/76C21D8/0278C21D2211/001
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Patent No.
US 11,268,177
App. No.
15/763,164
Granted
Mar 8, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An austenitic stainless steel according to the present invention has a chemical composition containing, by mass %: C: 0.01 to 0.15%; Si: 2.0% or less; Mn: 3.0% or less; Cr: 10.0 to 20.0%; Ni: 5.0 to 13.0%; N: 0.01 to 0.30%; Nb: 0 to 0.5%; Ti: 0 to 0.5%; and V: 0 to 0.5%, with the balance: Fe and impurities, wherein an average grain size is 10.0 μm or less, a difference in value of an average lattice constant d Ave. (={d γ(111) ×I γ(111) +d γ(200) ×I γ(200) +d γ(220) ×I γ(220) +d γ(311) ×I γ(311) }/{I γ(111) +I γ(200) +I γ(220) +I γ(311) }) of an austenite phase between a surface portion and a center portion is 0.010 Å or more, and a value of a diffraction peak integrated intensity ratio r (=100×ΣI γ /ΣI ALL ) at a surface is 95% or more.

Claims (31)

1. An austenitic stainless steel having a chemical composition comprising, by mass %:

C: 0.01 to 0.15%;

Si: 2.0% or less;

Mn: 3.0% or less;

Cr: 10.0 to 20.0%;

Ni: 5.0 to 13.0%;

N: 0.01 to 0.30%;

Nb: 0 to 0.5%;

Ti: 0 to 0.5%;

V: 0 to 0.5%, and

the balance: Fe and impurities, wherein

a tensile strength is 1200 MPa or more,

an average grain size is 10.0 μm or less,

a difference in value of an average lattice constant d Ave. of an austenite phase between a surface portion and a center portion is 0.010 Å or more, the average lattice constant d Ave. being defined by a following formula (i), where the surface portion is a zone of 10 μm from an outermost surface of the steel,

a martensite exists in the center portion, and

a value of a diffraction peak integrated intensity ratio r at a surface is 95% or more, the diffraction peak integrated intensity ratio r being defined by a following formula (ii):

d Ave. ={d γ(111) ×I γ(111) +d γ(200) ×I γ(200) +d γ(220) ×I γ(220) +d γ(311) ×I γ(311) }/{I γ(111) +I γ(200) +I γ(220) +I γ(311)}   (i)

where d γ(hkl) : lattice constant (Å) that is calculated from a Bragg angle of an X-ray diffraction peak on an (hkl) plane of the austenite phase,

I γ(hkl) : integrated intensity (cps·deg) of the X-ray diffraction peak on the (hkl) plane of the austenite phase,

r= 100×Σ I γ /ΣI ALL   (ii)

where ΣI γ : sum of integrated intensities (cps·deg) at X-ray diffraction peaks of all austenite phases,

ΣI ALL : sum of integrated intensities (cps·deg) at all X-ray diffraction peaks.

2. The austenitic stainless steel according to claim 1 , wherein the difference in value of an average lattice constant d Ave. of an austenite phase between a surface portion and a center portion is 0.030 Å or more, the average lattice constant d Ave. being defined by the formula (i).

3. The austenitic stainless steel according to claim 2 , wherein the chemical composition further containing one or more elements selected from, by mass %:

Nb: 0.01 to 0.5%;

Ti: 0.01 to 0.5%; and

V: 0.01 to 0.5%.

4. The austenitic stainless steel according to claim 1 , wherein the chemical composition further containing one or more elements selected from, by mass %:

Nb: 0.01 to 0.5%;

Ti: 0.01 to 0.5%; and

V: 0.01 to 0.5%.

Assignments (2)
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 Mar 28, 2018
From: ADACHI, KAZUHIKO; NISHIMURA, AKIHIRO; TERAOKA, SHINICHI; FUJII, HIDEKI
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 045365/0586 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2015-195176 · Sep 30, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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