Steel alloy and tools or components manufactured out of the steel alloy

A steel material, powder metallurgically manufactured, with a chemical composition comprising, in % by weight:

• 0.01-2 C
• 0.01-3.0 Si
• 0.01-10.0 Mn
• 16-30 Cr
• 0.01-5 Ni
• 0.01-5.0 (Mo+W/2)
• 0.01-9 Co
• max. 0.5 S
• 0.6-10 N
• 0.5-14 (V+Nb/2),
• max. 7 of (Ti+Zr+Al),
• balance essentially only iron and impurities at normal amounts,
• wherein N and (V+Nb/2) are balanced in relation to each other such that the contents of these elements are within an area that is defined by the coordinates E″, E′″, J′″, J″, E″ in the system of coordinates in FIG. 1, where the coordinates of [N, (V+Nb/2)] for E″, E′″, J″ and J′″ are:
• E″:
• [4.8,7.5]
• E′″:
• [6.5,11.0]
• J″:
• [2.6,7.5] and
• J′″:
• [3.5,11.0].

A steel material, powder metallurgically manufactured, with a chemical composition comprising, in % by weight:

• 0.1-0.5 C
• 0.01-1.5 Si
• 0.01-1.5 Mn
• 18-22 Cr
• 0.01-5 Ni
• 0.01-2.5 Mo
• 0.01-5.0 (Mo+W/2)
• 0.01-9 Co
• max. 0.5 S
• 2.0-4.0 V
• 1.3-3.0 N
• 0.5-14 (V+Nb/2),
• wherein N and (V+Nb/2) are balanced in relation to each other such that contents of these elements are within an area defined by the coordinates F, F′, I′, I, F in the system of coordinates in FIG. 1, where the coordinates of [N, (V+Nb/2)] are:
• F:
• [2.2,1.5]
• F′:
• [3.7,4.0]
• I′:
• [1.1,4.0]
• I:
• [0.7,1.5]
• max. 7 of (Ti+Zr+Al), and
• balance essentially only iron and impurities at normal amounts.

A steel material, powder metallurgically manufactured, with a chemical composition comprising, in % by weight:

• 0.12-0.50 C
• 0.1-1.0 Si
• 0.1-1.0 Mn
• 20.6-21.4 Cr
• 0.01-5 Ni
• 1.1-1.4 Mo
• 0.01-5.0 (Mo+W/2)
• 0.01-9 Co
• max. 0.5 S
• 8.8-9.2 V
• 4.1-4.4 N
• 0.5-14 (V+Nb/2),
• wherein N and (V+Nb/2) are balanced in relation to each other such that the contents of these elements are within an area that is defined by the coordinates F″, F′″, I′″, I″, F″ in the system of coordinates in FIG. 1, where the coordinates of [N, (V+Nb/2)] for F″, F″, I″ and I′″ are:
• F″:
• [5.8,7.5]
• F′″:
• [8.0,11.0]
• I″:
• [1.6,7.5] and
• I′″:
• [2.1,11.0]
• max. 7 of (Ti+Zr+Al), and
• balance essentially only iron and impurities at normal amounts.

A steel material, powder metallurgically manufactured, with a chemical composition comprising, in % by weight:

• 0.01-2 C
• 0.01-3.0 Si
• 0.01-10.0 Mn
• 16-30 Cr
• 0.01-5 Ni
• 0.01-5.0 (Mo+W/2)
• 0.01-9 Co
• max. 0.5 S
• 0.6-10 N
• 0.5-14 (V+Nb/2),
• wherein N and (V+Nb/2) are balanced in relation to each other such that contents of these elements are within an area defined by the coordinates E′, F′, F′″, E′″, E′ in the system of coordinates in FIG. 1, where the coordinates of [N, (V+Nb/2)] are:
• E′:
• [3.1,4.0]
• F′:
• [3.7,4.0]
• F′″:
• [8.0,11.0]
• E′″:
• [6.5,11.0]
• max. 7 of (Ti+Zr+Al), and
• balance essentially only iron and impurities at normal amounts.