Stainless steel with good mirror polishability and method for producing same

Abstract

The stainless steel contains 0.0001 mass % or more and 0.15 mass % or less of C, 0.30 mass % or more and 2.0 mass % or less of Si, 0.1 mass % or more and 15 mass % or less of Mn, 5 mass % or more and 30 mass % or less of Ni, 0.0001 mass % or more and 0.01 mass % or less of S, 16 mass % or more and 25 mass % or less of Cr, 0 mass % or more and 5 mass % or less of Mo, 0 mass % or more and 0.005 mass % or less of Al, 0 mass % or more and 0.0010 mass % or less of Mg, 0.0010 mass % or more and 0.0060 mass % or less of O, and 0.0001 mass % or more and 0.5 mass % or less of N, and at least includes an inclusion with an equivalent circle diameter of 5 μm or more, having the average composition of 5 mass % or more of MnO, 20 mass % or more of Cr2O3+Al2O3, 1 mass % or more of Al2O3, and 5 mass % or less of CaO. The number density of the inclusion having the composition is 0.5 inclusions/mm2 or less.

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