Stainless steel seamless pipe and method for manufacturing the same
AssigneeJfe Steel Corporation
InventorsYuichi KAMO, Shinsuke IDE
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Abstract
A stainless steel seamless pipe has a chemical composition containing, in mass %, C: 0.06% or less, Si: 1.0% or less, Mn: 0.01 to 1.0%, P: 0.05% or less, S: 0.005% or less, Cr: 15.2 to 18.0%, Mo: 1.5 to 4.3%, Cu: 0.5 to 3.5%, Ni: 3.5 to 5.2%, V: 0.5% or less, Al: 0.10% or less, N: 0.10% or less, and O: 0.010% or less, with the balance being Fe and incidental impurities and has a microstructure including a martensite phase at a volume fraction of 40% or more, a ferrite phase at a volume fraction of 15 to 55%, and a retained austenite phase at a volume fraction of 40% or less, with the average of ferrite filling factors being 0.80 or less. The yield strength of the stainless steel seamless pipe is 758 MPa or more.
Claims8
A stainless steel seamless pipe having a chemical composition comprising, in mass %,
- C:
- 0.06% or less,
- Si:
- 1.0% or less,
- Mn:
- 0.01 to 1.0%,
- P:
- 0.05% or less,
- S:
- 0.005% or less,
- Cr:
- 15.2 to 18.0%,
- Mo:
- 1.5 to 4.3%,
- Cu:
- 0.5 to 3.5%,
- Ni:
- 3.5 to 5.2%,
- V:
- 0.5% or less,
- Al:
- 0.10% or less,
- N:
- 0.10% or less, and
- O:
- 0.010% or less,
- with the balance being Fe and incidental impurities,
- wherein the stainless steel seamless pipe has a microstructure including a martensite phase at a volume fraction of 40% or more, a ferrite phase at a volume fraction of 15 to 55%, and a retained austenite phase at a volume fraction of 40% or less,
- with an average of ferrite filling factors being 0.80 or less,
- wherein the stainless steel seamless pipe has a yield strength of 758 MPa or more, and
- wherein each ferrite filling factor is a value defined by the following formula for one ferrite grain:
- Ferrite filling factor=(actual area of one ferrite grain)/(area of convex hull surrounding the one ferrite grain).
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