Seamless steel pipe and method for producing the same

Abstract

There is provided a seamless steel pipe having high strength and high toughness even if having a thick wall. A seamless steel pipe according to the present embodiment consists of: in mass %, C: 0.03 to 0.08%, Si: not more than 0.25%, Mn: 0.3 to 2.0%, P: not more than 0.05%, S: not more than 0.005%, Al: 0.001 to 0.10%, Cr: 0.02 to 1.0%, Ni: 0.02 to 1.0%, Mo: 0.02 to 0.8%, N: 0.002 to 0.008%, Ca: 0.0005 to 0.005%, and Nb: 0.01 to 0.1%, the balance being Fe and impurities, and has a wall thickness of not less than 50 mm. In a cross section perpendicular to an axial direction of the seamless steel pipe, an average crystal grain size of prior austenite grains in a near surface portion is less than 80 μm, the near surface portion being a 500 μm×500 μm area centered at a position of a depth of 2 mm from a surface, and a difference between the average crystal grain size of the prior austenite grains in the near surface portion and an average crystal grain size of prior austenite grains in a central portion of a wall thickness of the cross section is less than 50 μm, the central portion being a 500 μm×500 μm area centered at a center position of the wall thickness.

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