IP Library Granted Patent US 8,137,613
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US 8,137,613 · App. 12/458,507 · Granted Mar 20, 2012

Austenitic stainless steel welded joint and austenitic stainless steel welding material

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Patent No.
US 8,137,613
App. No.
12/458,507
Granted
Mar 20, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

An austenitic stainless steel welded joint, whose base metal and weld metal each comprises, by mass percent, C: not more than 0.3%, Si: not more than 2%, Mn: 0.01 to 3.0%, P: more than 0.04% to not more than 0.3%, S: not more than 0.03%, Cr: 12 to 30%, Ni: 6 to 55%, rare earth metal(s): more than 0.2% to not more than 0.6%, sol. Al: 0.001 to 3% and N: not more than 0.3%, with the balance being Fe and impurities, and satisfies the formula of (Cr+1.5×Si+2×P)/(Ni+0.31×Mn+22×C+14.2×N+5×P)<1.388, in spite of having a high P content and showing the fully austenitic solidification, has excellent resistance to the weld solidification cracking. Therefore, the said austenitic stainless steel welded joint can be widely used in such fields where a welding fabrication is required. Each element symbol in the above formula represents the content by mass percent of the element concerned.

Claims (16)

1. An austenitic Fe—Ni—Cr alloy welded joint, whose base metal and weld metal each comprises, by mass percent, C: not more than 0.3%, Si: not more than 2%, Mn: 0.01 to 3.0%, P: more than 0.04% to not more than 0.3%, S: not more than 0.03%, Cr: 12 to 30%, Ni: 6 to 55%, rare earth metal(s): 0.51 to 0.6%, sol. Al: 0.001 to 3% and N: not more than 0.3%, with the balance being Fe and impurities, and the following formula (1) is satisfied:

(Cr+1.5×Si+2×P)/(Ni+0.31×Mn+22×C+14.2×N+5×P)<1.388  (1),

wherein each element symbol in the formula (1) represents the content by mass percent of the element concerned.

2. The austenitic Fe—Ni—Cr alloy welded joint according to claim 1 , whose base metal and weld metal each further contains, by mass percent, one element or two or more elements selected from the first group and/or the second group given below in lieu of a part of Fe and, further, the following formula (2) is satisfied:

(Cr+1.5×Si+2×Nb+Ti+2×P)/(Ni+0.31×Mn+22×C+14.2×N +Cu+5×P)<1.388  (2),

wherein each element symbol in the formula (2) represents the content by mass percent of the element concerned:

first group: one or two or more of Mo: not more than 5%, W: not more than 10%, provided that Mo+(W/2): not more than 5%, Ti: not more than 3%, Nb: not more than 1.5%, Ta: not more than 8%, V: not more than 1.5%, Zr: not more than 1%, Hf: not more than 1%, B: not more than 0.03%, Cu: not more than 3% and Co: more than 5%; and

second group: one or both of Ca: not more than 0.05% and Mg: not more than 0.05%.

3. An austenitic Fe—Ni—Cr alloy welding material, which comprises, by mass percent, C: not more than 0.3%, Si: not more than 2%, Mn: 0.01 to 3.0%, P: more than 0.04% to not more than 0.3%, S: not more than 0.03%, Cr: 12 to 30%, Ni: 6 to 55%, rare earth metal(s): 0.51 to 0.6%, sol. Al: 0.001 to 3% and N: not more than 0.3%, with the balance being Fe and impurities, and the following formula (1) is satisfied:

(Cr+1.5×Si+2×P)/(Ni+0.31×Mn+22×C+14.2×N+5×P)<1.388  (1),

wherein each element symbol in the formula (1) represents the content by mass percent of the element concerned.

4. The austenitic stainless steel Fe—Ni—Cr alloy welding material according to claim 3 , which further comprises, by mass percent, one element or two or more elements selected from the first group and/or the second group given below in lieu of a part of Fe and, further, the following formula (2) is satisfied:

(Cr+1.5×Si+2×Nb+Ti+2×P)/(Ni+0.31×Mn+22×C+14.2×N+Cu+5×P)<1.388  (2),

wherein each element symbol in the formula (2) represents the content by mass percent of the element concerned:

first group: one or two or more of Mo: not more than 5%, W: not more than 10%, provided that Mo+(W/2): not more than 5%, Ti: not more than 3%, Nb: not more than 1.5%, Ta: not more than 8%, V: not more than 1.5%, Zr: not more than 1%, Hf: not more than 1%, B: not more than 0.03%, Cu: not more than 3% and Co: not more than 5%; and

second group: one or both of Ca: not more than 0.05% and Mg: not more than 0.05%.

Assignments (3)
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 Aug 13, 2009
From: OSUKI, TAKAHIRO; OGAWA, KAZUHIRO; OKADA, HIROKAZU; IGARASHI, MASAAKI
To: SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 023096/0603 →