IP Library Granted Patent US 10,246,765
Granted Patent B2
US 10,246,765 · App. 15/109,139 · Granted Apr 2, 2019

Martensitic Cr-containing steel and oil country tubular goods

Inventors: Tomohiko Omura (Kishiwada, JP); Yusaku Tomio (Nishinomiya, JP); Hideki Takabe (Osaka, JP); Toshio Mochizuki (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
C22C38/54C21D1/22C21D6/002C22C38/00C22C38/001C22C38/002C22C38/005C22C38/02C22C38/04C22C38/06C22C38/18C22C38/22C22C38/24C22C38/26C22C38/28C22C38/32C22C38/44C22C38/46C22C38/48C22C38/50E21B17/00C21D8/105C21D9/085C21D2201/05C21D2211/001C21D2211/005C21D2211/008
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Patent No.
US 10,246,765
App. No.
15/109,139
Granted
Apr 2, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A martensitic Cr-containing steel having excellent corrosion resistance, SSC resistance, and IGHIC resistance is provided. A martensitic Cr-containing steel according to the present invention includes: a chemical composition consisting of, by mass %, Si: 0.05 to 1.0%, Mn: 0.1 to 1.0%, Cr: 8 to 12%, V: 0.01 to 1.0%, sol. Al: 0.005 to 0.10%, with the balance being Fe and impurities, wherein an effective Cr amount defined by “Cr−16.6×C” is not less than 8%, and an Mo equivalent defined by “Mo+0.5×W” is 0.03 to 2%; a micro-structure wherein a grain size number of prior-austenite crystal grain is not less than 8.0; and a yield strength of less than 379 to 551 MPa, wherein a grain-boundary segregation ratio of Mo and W is not less than 1.5.

Claims (75)

1. A martensitic Cr-containing steel, comprising:

a chemical composition consisting of, by mass %,

Si: 0.05 to 1.00%,

Mn: 0.1 to 1.0%,

Cr: 8 to 12%,

V: 0.01 to 1.0%,

sol. Al: 0.005 to 0.10%,

N: not more than 0.100%,

Nb: 0 to 1%,

Ti: 0 to 1%,

Zr: 0 to 1%,

B: 0 to 0.01%,

Ca: 0 to 0.01%,

Mg: 0 to 0.01%, and

rare earth metal (REM): 0 to 0.50%, and further consisting of one or two selected from the group consisting of

Mo: 0 to 2% and

W: 0 to 4%, with the balance being Fe and impurities, wherein the impurities include

C: not more than 0.10%,

P: not more than 0.03%,

S: not more than 0.01%,

Ni: not more than 0.5%, and

O: not more than 0.01%, and wherein

an effective Cr amount defined by Formula (1) is not less than 8%, and

an Mo equivalent defined by Formula (2) is 0.03 to 2%;

a micro-structure wherein a grain size number (ASTM E112) of prior-austenite crystal grain is not less than 8.0, and which consists of, in volume fraction, 0 to 5% of ferrite and 0 to 5% of austenite, with the balance being tempered martensite; and

a yield strength of 379 to less than 551 MPa, wherein

a grain-boundary segregation ratio, which is defined, when either one of Mo and W is contained, as a ratio of a maximum content at grain boundaries to an average content within grains of the contained element, and when Mo and W are contained, as an average of ratios of a maximum content at grain boundaries to an average content within grains of each element, is not less than 1.5:

Effective Cr amount=Cr−16.6×C  (1)

Mo equivalent=Mo+0.5×W  (2)

where, symbols of elements in Formulae (1) and (2) are substituted by corresponding contents (by mass %) of the elements.

2. The martensitic Cr-containing steel according to claim 1 , wherein:

the chemical composition contains one or more selected from the group consisting of

Nb: 0.01 to 1%,

Ti: 0.01 to 1%, and

Zr: 0.01 to 1%.

3. The martensitic Cr-containing steel according to claim 1 , wherein:

the chemical composition contains B: 0.0003 to 0.01%.

4. The martensitic Cr-containing steel according to claim 2 , wherein:

the chemical composition contains B: 0.0003 to 0.01%.

5. The martensitic Cr-containing steel according to claims 1 , wherein:

the chemical composition contains one or more selected from the group consisting of

Ca: 0.0001 to 0.01%,

Mg: 0.0001 to 0.01%, and

REM: 0.0001 to 0.50%.

6. The martensitic Cr-containing steel according to claim 2 , wherein:

the chemical composition contains one or more selected from the group consisting of

Ca: 0.0001 to 0.01%,

Mg: 0.0001 to 0.01%, and

REM: 0.0001 to 0.50%.

7. The martensitic Cr-containing steel according to claim 3 , wherein:

the chemical composition contains one or more selected from the group consisting of

Ca: 0.0001 to 0.01%,

Mg: 0.0001 to 0.01%, and

REM: 0.0001 to 0.50%.

8. The martensitic Cr-containing steel according to claim 4 , wherein:

the chemical composition contains one or more selected from the group consisting of

Ca: 0.0001 to 0.01%,

Mg: 0.0001 to 0.01%, and

REM: 0.0001 to 0.50%.

9. Oil country tubular goods, wherein:

the oil country tubular goods are produced using the martensitic Cr-containing steel according to claim 1 .

10. Oil country tubular goods, wherein:

the oil country tubular goods are produced using the martensitic Cr-containing steel according to claim 2 .

11. Oil country tubular goods, wherein:

the oil country tubular goods are produced using the martensitic Cr-containing steel according to claim 3 .

12. Oil country tubular goods, wherein:

the oil country tubular goods are produced using the martensitic Cr-containing steel according to claim 4 .

13. Oil country tubular goods, wherein:

the oil country tubular goods are produced using the martensitic Cr-containing steel according to claim 5 .

14. Oil country tubular goods, wherein:

the oil country tubular goods are produced using the martensitic Cr-containing steel according to claim 6 .

15. Oil country tubular goods, wherein:

the oil country tubular goods are produced using the martensitic Cr-containing steel according to claim 7 .

16. Oil country tubular goods, wherein:

the oil country tubular goods are produced using the martensitic Cr-containing steel according to claim 8 .

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 Jun 30, 2016
From: OMURA, TOMOHIKO; TOMIO, YUSAKU; TAKABE, HIDEKI; MOCHIZUKI, TOSHIO
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039051/0909 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-007201 · Jan 17, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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