Cr-based stainless steel having excellent hydrogen embrittlement resistance

A Cr-based stainless steel sheet comprising:

• 0.020 mass % or less of C;
• 1.00 mass % or less of Si;
• 1.00 mass % or less of Mn;
• 0.040 mass % or less of P;
• 0.0030 mass % or less of S;
• 10.0 to 18.0 mass % of Cr;
• 0.020 mass % or less of N;
• 0.10 mass % or less of Al;
• one or both of 0.5 mass % or less of Nb and 0.5 mass % or less of Ti;
• 0 to 0.3 mass % of Sn;
• 0 to 0.005 mass % of B;
• 0 to 1 mass % of Ni;
• 0 to 1 mass % of Cu;
• 0 to 1 mass % of Mo;
• 0.2 mass % or less of Sb;
• 0 to 0.5 mass % of V;
• 0 to 0.5 mass % of W;
• 0 to 0.5 mass % of Zr;
• 0 to 0.5 mass % of Co;
• 0 to 0.005 mass % of Mg;
• 0 to 0.005 mass % of Ca;
• 0 to 0.020 mass % of Ga;
• 0 to 0.1 mass % of La;
• 0 to 0.1 mass % of Y;
• 0 to 0.1 mass % of Hf;
• 0 to 0.1 mass % of REM;
• and
• a balance consisting of Fe and impurities,
• wherein a texture in a sheet surface of the Cr-based stainless steel sheet satisfies (i) and
• (ii) below,
• (i) in the sheet surface, an area ratio of crystal grains (hereinafter referred to as “{211}±10-degree-oriented grains”) whose orientation difference between a normal direction of a surface of the steel sheet and a {211}-plane orientation is 10 degrees or less is less than 30%, and
• (ii) for the {211}±10-degree-oriented grains defined in (i), a length in a rolling direction and a length in a sheet width direction are each less than 0.15 mm on average.