Abstract: There is provided a production method for on-line improving precipitation strengthening effect of Ti microalloyed hot-rolled high-strength steel, comprising: casting a molten steel with microalloying element Ti added to obtain an ingot; after heating the ingot, subjecting it to rough rolling, finish rolling, laminar cooling and coiling to obtain a hot-rolled coil; after unloading the coil, covering the coil on-line with an insulating enclosure and moving it into a steel coil warehouse along with a transport chain; after a specified period of on-line insulating time, removing the coil from the insulating enclosure, and cooling it to room temperature in air, wherein the microalloying element Ti has a content of ?0.03 wt %; the coiling is performed at a temperature of 500-700° C.; said covering on-line with an insulating enclosure means each hot-rolled coil is individually covered with an independent, closed insulating enclosure unit within 60 minutes after unloading; the on-line insulating time is ?60 minutes.

Abstract: In a component made of press-form-hardened, aluminium-based coated steel sheet, the coating has a covering which contains aluminum and silicon applied in the hot-dip process. The press-form-hardened component in the transition region between steel sheet and covering has an inter-diffusion zone I, wherein, depending on the layer application of the covering before heating and press hardening, the thickness of the inter-diffusion zone I obeys the following formula: I [?m]<(1/35)×application on both sides [g/m2]+(19/7). Formed on the inter-diffusion zone I is a zone having various intermetallic phases having an average total thickness between 8 and 50 ?m, on which zone there is in turn arranged a covering layer containing aluminum oxide and/or hydroxide having an average thickness of at least 0.05 ?m to at most 5 ?m.

Abstract: Steel sheet for cans high in strength and excellent in formability and appearance comprising C: 0.0010 to 0.0035%, Si: 0.050% or less, Mn: 0.10 to 0.50%, P: 0.040% or less, S: 0.040% or less, Al: less than 0.005%, N: 0.0050% or less and a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, wherein an average value of a ratio of length of crystal grains in a sheet thickness direction to length in a sheet width direction is 0.70 or more, a yield strength is 500 MPa or more, and, in a range of 0 to 90° of the rolling direction, a minimum value of an r-value is 1.50 or more, an average value of the r-value is 1.70 or more, and a difference of the maximum value and minimum value of the r-value is 0.50 or less.

Abstract: An electric cable (10) is disclosed comprising a) at least one cable core (11) comprising at least one power transmissive insulated element (12); and b) a metallic outer armor (19) containing the cable core (11); wherein the outer armor (19) comprises a carbon steel tape (20) wound according to helical interlocked windings, the tape (20) being coated with an aluminum coating layer (22) having a thickness equal to or lower than 50 ?m. Furthermore, a process for manufacturing such an electric cable is disclosed.

Abstract: Electric resistance welded steel pipe excellent in weld zone quality suitable for oil country tubular goods and line pipe wherein steel plate forming the base metal of the electric resistance welded steel pipe has a predetermined chemical composition, the contents of Ca, O, S, Ce, La, and Al satisfy XCASO = ( Ca O + Ca S + 0.285 ? Ce + La O + 0.285 ? Ce + La S ) × ( Al Ca ) > 78 the oxide-based inclusions in the weld zone of the electric resistance welded steel pipe contains one or both of Ce and La, and the long axis/short axis of the oxide-based inclusions is 2.5 or less.

Abstract: A steel foil according to an aspect of the present invention includes, by mass %, C: 0.0001 to 0.02%; Si: 0.001 to 0.01%; Mn: 0.01 to 0.3%; P: 0.001 to 0.02%; S: 0.0001 to 0.01%; Al: 0.0005 to 0.1%; N: 0.0001 to 0.004%; and a balance consisting of Fe and impurities, wherein a thickness is 5 to 15 ?m, and a tensile strength is more than 900 MPa and 1.200 MPa or less.

Abstract: A steel material containing 0.01% to 0.07% C, 0.40% or less Si, 0.5% to 1.4% Mn, 0.1% or less Al, 0.01% to 0.15% Nb, 0.1% or less V, 0.03% or less Ti, and 0.008% or less N on a mass basis, Nb, V, and Ti satisfying Nb+V+Ti<0.15, Cm satisfying 0.12 or less, is heated to a heating temperature of 1,100° C. to 1,250° C., finish-rolled in such a way that the accumulative rolling reduction at a temperature of 930° C. or lower is 40% to 85% and the finished rolling temperature is 760° C. to 870° C., cooled to a cooling stop temperature of 500° C. or lower in terms of surface temperature at an average cooling rate of 30° C./s to 200° C./s in terms of thickness-wise center temperature, naturally cooled for more than 10 s after cooling is stopped, and coiled at a coiling temperature of 400° C. to 620° C.

Abstract: A cold rolled steel sheet, and a method of manufacturing the same, designed to have aging resistance and excellent formability suitable for use in automobile bodies, electronic appliances, and the like. The cold rolled steel sheet comprises in weight %: 0.003% or less of C, 0.003˜0.03% of S, 0.01˜0.1% of Al, 0.02% or less of N, 0.2% or less of P, at least one of 0.03˜0.2% of Mn and 0.005˜0.2% of Cu, and a balance of Fe and other unavoidable impurities. When the steel sheet comprises one of Mn and Cu, the composition of Mn, Cu, and S satisfies at least one relationship: 0.58*Mn/S?10 and 1?0.5*Cu/S?10, and when the steel sheet comprises both Mn and Cu, the composition of Mn, Cu, and S satisfies the relationship: Mn+Cu?0.3 and 2?0.5*(Mn+Cu)/S?20. Participates of MnS, CuS, and (Mn, Cu)S in the steel sheet have an average size of 0.2 ?m or less.

Abstract: In a high strength hot-dip galvannealed hot-rolled steel sheet that has an excellent hole expansibility suitable for a stretch flanging and preferably has a high yield ratio and a tensile strength of at least 650 MPa, a hot-rolled steel sheet used as a base material for plating has a chemical composition comprising: in mass %, C: from at least 0.01 and at most 0.20%; Si: at most 0.50%; Mn: from at least 0.01% to at most 1.30%; P: at most 0.05%; S: at most 0.01%; N: at most 0.01%; Al: at most 0.50%; and Ti: from at least 0.05% to at most 0.50%, and a steel structure consisting of a polygonal ferrite having at least 80 area % and the remainder containing one kind or two or more kinds selected from bainitic ferrite, bainite, pearlite, and cementite.

Abstract: A component composition contains, by % by mass, 0.0016 to 0.01% of C, 0.05 to 0.60% of Mn, and 0.020 to 0.080% of Nb so that the C and Nb contents satisfy the expression, 0.4?(Nb/C)×(12/93)?2.5. In addition, the amount of Nb-based precipitates is 20 to 500 ppm by mass, the average grain diameter of the Nb-based precipitates is 10 to 100 nm, and the average crystal grain diameter of ferrite is 6 to 10 ?m. Nb is added to ultra-low-carbon steel used as a base, and the amount and grain diameter of the Nb-based precipitates are controlled to optimize the pinning effect. Grain refinement of ferrite is achieved by specifying the Mn amount, thereby achieving softening and excellent resistance to surface roughness of steel.

Abstract: A galvanized steel sheet includes a zinc plating layer which is disposed on a steel sheet containing 0.01% to 0.15% C, 0.001% to 2.0% Si, 0.1% to 3.0% Mn, 0.001% to 1.0% Al, 0.005% to 0.060% P, and 0.01% or less S on a mass basis, the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities, and which has a mass per unit area 20 g/m2 to 120 g/m2. An oxide of at least one selected from the group consisting of Fe, Si, Mn, Al, and P is present in a surface portion of the steel sheet that lies directly under the zinc plating layer and that extends up to 100 ?m from the surface of a base steel sheet. The amount of the oxide per unit area is 0.05 g/m2 or less in total. The steel sheet has excellent corrosion resistance, anti-powdering property during heavy machining, and strength.

Abstract: A high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet includes, by mass %, C: 0.10% to 0.40%, Mn: 0.5% to 4.0%, Si: 0.005% to 2.5%, Al: 0.005% to 2.5%, Cr: 0% to 1.0%, and a balance of iron and inevitable impurities, in which an amount of P is limited to 0.05% or less, an amount of S is limited to 0.02% or less, an amount of N is limited to 0.006% or less, the microstructure includes 2% to 30% of retained austenite by area percentage, martensite is limited to 20% or less by area percentage in the microstructure, an average particle size of cementite is 0.01 ?m to 1 ?m, and 30% to 100% of the cementite has an aspect ratio of 1 to 3.

Abstract: This steel plate for cold forging includes a hot-rolled steel plate, wherein the hot-rolled steel plate includes: in terms of percent by mass, C: 0.13% to 0.20%; Si: 0.01% to 0.8%; Mn: 0.1% to 2.5%; P: 0.003% to 0.030%; S: 0.0001% to 0.008%; Al: 0.01% to 0.07%; N: 0.0001% to 0.02%; and O: 0.0001% to 0.0030%, with a remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities, an A value represented by the following formula (1) is in a range of 0.0080 or less, a thickness of the hot-rolled steel plate is in a range of 2 mm to 25 mm, and an area percentage of pearlite bands having lengths of 1 mm or more in a region of 4/10t to 6/10t when a plate thickness is indicated by t in a cross section of a plate thickness that is parallel to a rolling direction of the hot-rolled steel plate is in a range of not more than a K value represented by the following formula (2), A value=O%+S%+0.033Al%??(1) K value=25.5×C%+4.5×Mn%?6??(2).

Abstract: A flat steel product having a tensile strength of at least 1200 MPa and consists of steel containing (wt %) C: 0.10-0.50%, Si: 0.1-2.5%, Mn: 1.0-3.5%, Al: up to 2.5%, P: up to 0.020%, S: up to 0.003%, N: up to 0.02%, and optionally one or more of the elements “Cr, Mo, V, Ti, Nb, B and Ca” in the quantities: Cr: 0.1-0.5%, Mo: 0.1-0.3%, V: 0.01-0.1%, Ti: 0.001-0.15%, Nb: 0.02-0.05%, wherein ?(V, Ti, Nb)?0.2% for the sum of the quantities of V, Ti and Nb, B: 0.0005-0.005%, and Ca: up to 0.01% in addition to Fe and unavoidable impurities. The flat steel product has a microstructure with (in surface percent) less than 5% ferrite, less than 10% bainite, 5-70% untempered martensite, 5-30% residual austenite, and 25-80% tempered martensite, at least 99% of the iron carbide contained in the tempered martensite having a size of less than 500 nm.

Abstract: A high strength wire rod in which an area fraction of pro-eutectoid ferrite is 3% or less and an area fraction of pearlite structure is 90% or more, being obtained by subjecting a hard steel wire rod having specified composition to a molten salt patenting treatment directly after hot-rolling or after performing re-austenitization subsequent to hot-rolling.

Abstract: A wire material used for manufacturing a non-heat treated component whose tensile strength is 900 MPa to 1300 MPa, containing, in mass %: C: 0.20% to 0.50%, Si: 0.05% to 2.0%, Mn: 0.20% to 1.0%, being limited to contain P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.030% or less, N: 0.005% or less, F1 defined by the following expression (1) is less than 0.60, with the balance made up of Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein a metal structure contains a pearlite structure of 64×(C %)+52% or more in a volume fraction, with the balance made up of one kind or two kinds of a pro-eutectoid ferrite structure and a bainite structure, an average block grain diameter of the pearlite structure at a region from a surface layer to 0.1 D is 15 ?m or less when a diameter of the wire material is set to be D, and (the average block grain diameter of the pearlite structure at the region from the surface layer to 0.1 D)/(an average block grain diameter of the pearlite structure at a range from 0.25 D to a center) is less than 1.0.

Abstract: A steel material containing 0.01% to 0.07% C, 0.40% or less Si, 0.5% to 1.4% Mn, 0.1% or less Al, 0.01% to 0.15% Nb, 0.1% or less V, 0.03% or less Ti, and 0.008% or less N on a mass basis, Nb, V, and Ti satisfying Nb+V+Ti<0.15, Cm satisfying 0.12 or less, is heated to a heating temperature of 1,100° C. to 1,250° C., finish-rolled in such a way that the accumulative rolling reduction at a temperature of 930° C. or lower is 40% to 85% and the finished rolling temperature is 760° C. to 870° C., cooled to a cooling stop temperature of 500° C. or lower in terms of surface temperature at an average cooling rate of 30° C./s to 200° C./s in terms of thickness-wise center temperature, naturally cooled for more than 10 s after cooling is stopped, and coiled at a coiling temperature of 400° C. to 620° C.

Abstract: A cold-rolled steel sheet having a refined structure in which grain growth during annealing is suppressed has a chemical composition containing, in mass percent, controlled amounts of carbon, manganese, niobium, titanium, vanadium, sol. Aluminum, chromium, molybdenum, boron, calcium, and REM and a microstructure which contains at least 50% by area of ferrite as a main phase, a second phase containing at least 10% by area of a low temperature transformation phase and 0-3% by area of retained austenite and which satisfies the following Equations (1)-(3), in addition to a particular texture, dm<2.7+10000/(5+300×C+50×Mn+4000×Nb+2000×Ti+400×V)2??(1), dm<4.0??(2), and ds?1.5??(3), wherein dm is the average grain diameter (?m) of ferrite defined by a high angle grain boundary having a tilt angle of at least 15°, and ds is the average grain diameter (?m) of the second phase.

Abstract: A steel sheet containing C: 0.0005% or more and 0.0035% or less, Si: 0.05% or less, Mn: 0.1% or more and 0.6% or less, P: 0.02% or less, S: less than 0.02%, Al: 0.01% or more and less than 0.10%, N: 0.0030% or less, B: 0.0010% or more, in which the relationship B/N?3.0 is satisfied and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, and a microstructure in which the average integrated intensity f in the (111)[1-10] to (111)[-1-12] orientations on a plane parallel to a sheet surface at a position located at ¼ of the thickness of the steel sheet is 7.0 or more, in which an average ferrite grain size is 6.0 ?m or more and 10.0 ?m or less, and the relationships EAVE?215 GPa, E0?210 GPa, E45?210 GPa, E90?210 GPa, and ?0.4??r?0.4 are satisfied.

Abstract: The present invention provides a non-oriented electrical steel sheet at low cost that has excellent magnetic properties and mechanical properties as well as excellent quality of steel sheet. The non-oriented electrical steel sheet has a chemical composition containing, by mass %, Si: 5.0% or less, Mn: 2.0% or less, Al: 2.0% or less, and P: 0.05% or less, in a range satisfying formula (1), and furthermore, C: 0.008% or more and 0.040% or less; N: 0.003% or less, and Ti: 0.04% or less, in a range satisfying formula (2), with the balance composed of Fe and incidental impurities: 300?85[Si %]+16[Mn %]+40[Al %]+490[P %]?430??(1) 0.008?Ti*<1.2[C %]??(2), where Ti*=Ti?3.4[N %].

Abstract: The present invention provides a wire rod with a composition at least including: C: 0.95-1.30 mass %; Si: 0.1-1.5 mass %; Mn: 0.1-1.0 mass %; Al: 0-0.1 mass %; Ti: 0-0.1 mass %; P: 0-0.02 mass %; S: 0-0.02 mass %; N: 10-50 ppm; O: 10-40 ppm; and a balance including Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein 97% or more of an area in a cross-section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the wire rod is occupied by a pearlite, and 0.5% or less of an area in a central area in the cross-section and 0.5% or less of an area in a first surface layer area in the cross-section are occupied by a pro-eutectoid cementite.

Abstract: A steel sheet for bottom covers of aerosol cans includes, as chemical composition, C: 0.025 to 0.065mass %, Mn: 0.10 to 0.28mass %, P: 0.005 to 0.03mass %, Al: 0.01 to 0.04mass %, N: 0.0075 to 0.013mass %, Si: limited to 0.05mass % or less, S: limited to 0.009mass % or less, and balance consisting of Fe and unavoidable impurities, wherein yield point YP in rolling direction after aging treatment is in range of 460 to 540 MPa, total elongation in the rolling direction after the aging treatment is 15% or more, yield point elongation ELYP in the rolling direction after the aging treatment is 6% or less, and sheet thickness t in unit of mm, the yield point YP in unit of MPa in the rolling direction after the aging treatment, and the yield point elongation ELYP in unit of % in the rolling direction after the aging treatment satisfy 130?t×YP×(1?ELYP/100).

Abstract: The present invention provides a bake-hardenable high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet having excellent bake hardenability, cold aging resistance, and deep-drawability, and reduced planar anisotropy, containing chemical components in % by mass of: C: 0.0010% to 0.0040%, Si: 0.005% to 0.05%, Mn: 0.1% to 0.8%, P: 0.01% to 0.07%, S: 0.001% to 0.01%, Al: 0.01% to 0.08%, N: 0.0010% to 0.0050%, Nb: 0.002% to 0.020%, and Mo: 0.005% to 0.050%, a value of [Mn %]/[P %] being in the range of 1.6 to 45, where [Mn %] is an amount of Mn and [P %] is an amount of P, an amount of C in solid solution obtained from [C %]?(12/93)×[Nb %] being in the range of 0.0005% to 0.

Abstract: A manufacture method of high-efficiency non-oriented silicon steel with excellent magnetic property, which comprises the following steps: 1) smelting and casting; chemical compositions of non-oriented silicon steel, by weight percent, are: C?0.0040%, Si: 0.1˜0.8%, Al: 0.002˜1.0%, Mn: 0.10˜1.50%, P: ?0.2%, Sb: 0.04˜0.08%, S?0.0030%, N?0.0020%, Ti?0.0020%, and the rest is Fe and unavoidable inclusions; molten steel in accordance with the above compositions is smelted and then casted into billets; 2) hot-rolling and pickling; heating temperature for slab is 1100° C.˜1150° C. and finish-rolling temperature is 860° C.˜920° C.; after rolling, the hot-rolled product is air cooled, during which air cooling time t: (2+30×Sb %)s?t?7 s; thereafter reeling at a temperature ?720° C. ; 3) cold-rolling; rolling to form cold-rolled plate with target thickness at a reduction ratio of 70˜18%; 4) annealing; heating up the cold-rolled plate to 800˜1000° C. at heating rate of ?15° C./s, and holding time is 10 s˜25 s.

Abstract: The present invention provides steel containing manganese and nickel that is used as a structural material for a cryogenic storage container for liquefied natural gas (LNG) or the like, and a manufacturing method thereof; and more particularly, to steel having good cryogenic temperature toughness and also high strength by adding low-cost Mn instead of relatively expensive Ni at an optimized ratio, refining a microstructure through controlled rolling and cooling, and precipitating retained austenite through tempering, and a manufacturing method of the steel. To achieve the object, the technical feature of the present invention is a method of manufacturing high-strength steel with cryogenic temperature toughness. In the method, a steel slab is heated to a temperature within a range of 1,000 to 1,250° C., wherein the steel slab includes, by weight: 0.01-0.06% of carbon (C), 2.0-8.0% of manganese (Mn), 0.01-6.0% of nickel (Ni), 0.02-0.6% of molybdenum (Mo), 0.03-0.5% of silicon (Si), 0.003-0.

Abstract: This steel plate for cold forging includes a hot-rolled steel plate, wherein the hot-rolled steel plate includes: in terms of percent by mass, C: 0.13% to 0.20%; Si: 0.01% to 0.8%; Mn: 0.1% to 2.5%; P: 0.003% to 0.030%; S: 0.0001% to 0.008%; Al: 0.01% to 0.07%; N: 0.0001% to 0.02%; and O: 0.0001% to 0.0030%, with a remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities, an A value represented by the following formula (1) is in a range of 0.0080 or less, a thickness of the hot-rolled steel plate is in a range of 2 mm to 25 mm, and an area percentage of pearlite bands having lengths of 1 mm or more in a region of 4/10t to 6/10t when a plate thickness is indicated by t in a cross section of a plate thickness that is parallel to a rolling direction of the hot-rolled steel plate is in a range of not more than a K value represented by the following formula (2), A value=O%+S%+0.033Al%??(1) K value=25.5×C%+4.5×Mn%?6??(2).

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a ferritic stainless steel and fabrication method of a ferritic stainless steel comprising, by weight %, C: above 0 wt % to 0.01 wt % or less, Si: above 0 wt % to 0.5 wt % or less, Mn: above 0 wt % to 2.0 wt % or less, P: 0 wt % or more to 0.04 wt % or less, S: 0 wt % or more to 0.02 wt % or less, Cr: 12 wt % or more to 19 wt % or less, Mo: 0 wt % or more to 1.0 wt % or less, W: 2 wt % of more to 7 wt % or less, Ti: 0 wt % or more to 0.3 wt % or less, Nb: above 0 wt % to 0.6 wt % or less, N: above 0 wt % to 0.01 wt % or less, Al: 0 wt % or more to 0.1 wt % or less; and the balance of Fe and other inevitable impurities.

Abstract: A high strength steel sheet excellent in formability which has a chemical composition in mass %: C: 0.03 to 0.20%, Si: 0.005 to 0.3%, Mn: 1.0 to 3.1%, P: 0.001 to 0.06%, S: 0.001 to 0.01%, N: 0.0005 to 0.01%, Al: 0.2 to 1.2%, Mo?0.5%, and the balance: Fe and inevitable impurities, with the proviso that the values of mass % for Si and Al satisfy the following formula (1): (0.0012×[objective value of TS]?0.29?[Si])/2.45<Al<1.5?3×[Si]??(1) wherein [objective value of TS] represents a design strength value for the steel sheet in an Mpa unit, and has a metal structure containing ferrite and martensite. The above high strength steel sheet is also excellent in formability and the capability of being chemically treated and that of being hot-dip zinc sheeted.

Abstract: A method of designing low cost, high strength, high toughness martensitic steel uses mathematical modeling to define optimum low cost chemical compositions, the content of retained austenite, and critical temperatures; melting an ingot, processing same, making steel articles, and heat treating the articles using the critical temperatures and the content of retained austenite. The new steel comprises, by weight, about 0.3-0.45% of C; at most 2.5% of Cr; at most 1.0% of Mo; at most 3.50% of Ni; about 0.3 to 1.5% of Mn; about 0.1-1.3% of Si; about 0.1-1.0% of Cu; Cu being less than Si; about 0.1 to 1.0% of V+Ti+Nb; at most 0.25% of Al; the sum of alloying elements being less than about 11.5%; the balance being essentially Fe and incidental impurities. Procedures of melting, processing and heat treatment using the mathematical model are disclosed.

Abstract: Provided are a stainless steel having excellent high-temperature strength and a method of manufacturing the same, and more particularly, an austenitic stainless steel having excellent high-temperature and creep strength as well as excellent corrosion resistance able to be used in high-temperature corrosive environments such as power plants and a method of manufacturing the same. The stainless steel of the present invention may have a precipitation index of 1.5 to 2.5.

Abstract: A component composition contains, by % by mass, 0.0016 to 0.01% of C, 0.05 to 0.60% of Mn, and 0.020 to 0.080% of Nb so that the C and Nb contents satisfy the expression, 0.4?(Nb/C)×(12/93)?2.5. In addition, the amount of Nb-based precipitates is 20 to 500 ppm by mass, the average grain diameter of the Nb-based precipitates is 10 to 100 nm, and the average crystal grain diameter of ferrite is 6 to 10 ?m. Nb is added to ultra-low-carbon steel used as a base, and the amount and grain diameter of the Nb-based precipitates are controlled to optimize the pinning effect. Grain refinement of ferrite is achieved by specifying the Mn amount, thereby achieving softening and excellent resistance to surface roughness of steel.

Abstract: The present invention provides a wire rod with a composition at least including: C: 0.95-1.30 mass %; Si: 0.1-1.5 mass %; Mn: 0.1-1.0 mass %; Al: 0-0.1 mass %; Ti: 0-0.1 mass %; P: 0-0.02 mass %; S: 0-0.02 mass %; N: 10-50 ppm; O: 10-40 ppm; and a balance including Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein 97% or more of an area in a cross-section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the wire rod is occupied by a pearlite, and 0.5% or less of an area in a central area in the cross-section and 0.5% or less of an area in a first surface layer area in the cross-section are occupied by a pro-eutectoid cementite.

Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a high tensile strength thick steel plate, a steel slab contains 0.03-0.055% of C, 3.0-3.5% of Mn, and 0.002-0.10% of Al, the amount of Mo is limited to 0.03% or less, the amount of Si is limited to 0.09% or less, the amount of V is limited to 0.01% or less, the amount of Ti is limited to 0.003% or less, the amount of B is limited to 0.0003% or less, and of which Pcm value representing a weld cracking parameter is fallen within the range of 0.20-0.24% and DI value representing a hardenability index is fallen within the range of 1.00-2.60, is heated to 950-1100° C. The steel slab is subjected to a rolling process with a cumulative draft of 70-90% when a temperature is in a range of 850° C. or more, and then, the steel slab is subjected to a rolling process at 780° C. or higher with a cumulative draft of 10-40% when a temperature is in a range of 780-830° C., and subsequently, accelerated cooling at a cooling rate of 8-80° C./sec is started from 700° C.

Abstract: A galvanized steel sheet includes a zinc plating layer which is disposed on a steel sheet containing 0.01% to 0.15% C, 0.001% to 2.0% Si, 0.1% to 3.0% Mn, 0.001% to 1.0% Al, 0.005% to 0.060% P, and 0.01% or less S on a mass basis, the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities, and which has a mass per unit area 20 g/m2 to 120 g/m2. An oxide of at least one selected from the group consisting of Fe, Si, Mn, Al, and P is present in a surface portion of the steel sheet that lies directly under the zinc plating layer and that extends up to 100 ?m from the surface of a base steel sheet. The amount of the oxide per unit area is 0.05 g/m2 or less in total. The steel sheet has excellent corrosion resistance, anti-powdering property during heavy machining, and strength.

Abstract: Disclosed is a high-strength hot dip galvannealed steel sheet having high powdering resistance produced by employing such a constitution that a Fe—Zn alloy plated layer is provided on at least one side of a basis steel sheet and a region in which Al (atomic %)/Zn (atomic %)?0.10 is present in a thickness of 300 ? or more from the surface of the plated layer along the depth direction of the plated layer. Also disclosed is a hot dip galvannealed steel sheet whose formability is greatly improved by optionally specifying chemical composition and structure of the basis steel sheet.

Abstract: A martensitic stainless steel seamless tube for oil country tubular goods includes a yield strength of 95 ksi or more and low-temperature toughness in which a fracture transition temperature vTrs in a Charpy impact test is ?40° C. or below, wherein the seamless tube has a composition comprising, by mass %, 0.020% or less C, 10 to 14% Cr, 3% or less Ni, 0.03 to 0.2% Nb, 0.05% or less N, and Fe and unavoidable impurities as a balance, and has a structure where a precipitated Nb quantity is 0.020% or more in terms of Nb.

Abstract: A magnetic alloy having a composition represented by the general formula of Fe100-x-yCuxBy (atomic %), wherein x and y are numbers meeting the conditions of 0.1?x?3, and 10?y?20, or the general formula of Fe100-x-y-xCuxByZz (atomic %), wherein X is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Si, S, C, P, Al, Ge, Ga and Be, and x, y and z are numbers meeting the conditions of 0.1?x?3, 10?y?20, 0<z?10, and 10<y+z?24), the magnetic alloy having a structure containing crystal grains having an average diameter of 60 nm or less in an amorphous matrix, and a saturation magnetic flux density of 1.7 T or more.

Abstract: A method for controlling the cooling of a steel sheet characterized by controlling the end-of-cooling temperature in a cooling process from the Ae3 or above temperature of the steel sheet, during which; preliminarily obtaining enthalpies (H? and H?) of an austenite phase and ferrite phase respectively at some temperature, obtaining a gynamic enthalpy (Hsys) defined by formula (1) with an untransformed fraction (X?) of austenite in accordance with a target temperature pattern, predicting the temperature by using a gradient of this dynamic enthalpy with respect to temperature as a dynamic specific heat and controlling the cooling of the steel sheet: Hsys=H?(X?)+H?(1?X?).

Abstract: A method of production of 780 MPa class high strength steel plate excellent low temperature toughness comprising heating a steel slab of containing, by mass %, C: 0.06 to 0.15%, Si: 0.05 to 0.35%, Mn: 0.60 to 2.00%, P: 0.015% or less, S: 0.015% or less, Cu: 0.1 to 0.5%, Ni: 0.1 to 1.5%, Cr: 0.05 to 0.8%, Mo: 0.05 to 0.6%, Nb: less than 0.005%, V: 0.005 to 0.060%, Ti: less than 0.003%, Al: 0.02 to 0.10%, B: 0.0005 to 0.003%, and N: 0.002 to 0.006% to 1050° C. to 1200° C. in temperature, hot rolling ending at 870° C. or more, waiting for 10 seconds to 90 seconds, then cooling from 840° C. or more in temperature by a 5° C./s or more cooling rate to 200° C., then tempering at 450° C. to 650° C. in temperature for 20 minutes to 60 minutes.

Abstract: A super formable high strength thin steel sheet suitable for use in various applications, e.g., automobiles, and a method for manufacturing the thin steel sheet. The thin steel sheet has a composition which comprises 0.010 wt % or less of C, 0.02 wt % or less of Si, 1.5 wt % or less of Mn, 0.03-0.15 wt % or less of P, 0.02 wt % or less of S, 0.03-0.40 wt % of Sol. Al, 0.004 wt % or less of N, 0.005-0.040 wt % of Ti, 0.002-0.020 wt % of Nb, one or both of 0.001-0.02 wt % of B and 0.005-0.02 wt % of Mo, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein the components P, Mn, Ti, Nb and B satisfy the relationship represented by the following Formulae 1-1 and 1-2, depending on a desired tensile strength: Formula 1-1—tensile strength: 35 kg and 40 kg grades 29.1+89.4P(%)+3.9Mn(%)?133.8Ti(%)+157.5Nb(%)+0.18[B(ppm) or Mo(%)] 15=3544.9 Formula 1-2—tensile strength: 45 kg grade 29.1+98.3P(%)+4.6 Mn(%)86.5Ti(%)62.5Nb(%)+0.

Abstract: A high strength wire rod in which an area fraction of pro-eutectoid ferrite is 3% or less and an area fraction of pearlite structure is 90% or more, being obtained by subjecting a hard steel wire rod having specified composition to a molten salt patenting treatment directly after hot-rolling or after performing re-austenitization subsequent to hot-rolling.

Abstract: The invention provides a steel sheet for hard tinplate and a TFS steel sheet each having an excellent formability and a temper grade of T4 to DR9, and an efficient manufacturing method capable of selectively manufacturing these steel sheets by using raw materials having the same composition, wherein, the steel sheet for hard tinplate and a TFS steel sheet having a temper grade of T4 to DR9 is manufactured from raw materials having the same composition by changing a reduction ratio of temper rolling or double reduce rolling for ultra-low carbon aluminum killed steel C and P contents of which are so regulated as to satisfy a specific formula <1>: 1.6×C×104+0.

Abstract: The invention relates to a non-oriented electrical steel sheet, widely used as an iron core in electric devices, and to a method of manufacturing the same. The non-oriented electrical sheet includes 0.004 wt. % or less C; 1.0-3.5 wt. % Si; 0.02 wt. % or less P; 0.001 wt. % or less S; 0.2˜2.5 wt. % Al; 0.003 wt. % or less N; 0.004 wt. % or less Ti; Mn, in which the amount thereof is represented by the following formula (1): 0.10+100×S(wt. %)?Mn(wt. %)?0.21+200×S(wt. %); ??(1) a balance of iron; and inevitable impurities.

Abstract: A structural hot-rolled or cold-rolled stainless steel sheet having improved intergranular corrosion resistance and toughness at the welding heat affected zone and further having low strength and high elongation. The composition of the steel sheet contains less than about 0.008 mass percent of C; about 1.0 mass percent or less of Si; about 1.5 mass percent or less of Mn; about 11 to about 15 mass percent of Cr; more than about 1.0 mass percent and about 2.5 mass percent or less of Ni; less than about 0.10 mass percent of Al; about 0.009 mass percent or less of N; about 0.04 mass percent or less of P; about 0.01 mass percent or less of S; and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities. These contents satisfy the expressions: (Cr)+1.2×(Ni)?15.0; (Ni)+0.5×(Mn)+30×(C)?3.0; (C)+(N)?0.015; and (Cr)?(Mn)?1.7×(Ni)?27×(C)?100×(N)?9.0.

Abstract: A steel product for oil country tubular good according to the invention comprises, in mass %, 0.10% to 0.35% C, 0.10% to 0.50% Si, 0.10% to 0.80% Mn, up to 0.030% P, up to 0.010% S, 0.30% to 1.20% Cr, 0.20% to 1.00% Mo, 0.005% to 0.40% V, 0.005% to 0. 100% Al, up to 0.0100% N, up to 0.0010% H, 0 to 0.01% Ca, 0 to 0.050% Ti, 0 to 0.050% Nb, and 0 to 0.0050% B, and the balance of Fe and impurities. The Cr, Mo, and V contents and the grain size GS satisfy expression (1): 0.7?(1.5×Cr+2.5×Mo+V)?GS/10?2.

Abstract: A static magnetic field and a wave are applied to an electrically conductive fluid so as to satisfy the mathematical expression 2?f<(?/?)B2, where f is the frequency (Hz) of the applied wave, ? is the electrical conductivity (S/m) of the conductive fluid, ? is the density (kg/m3) of the conductive fluid, and B is the strength of the applied static magnetic field (T), to thereby generate and propagate vibratory motion into the conductive fluid.

Abstract: The invention relates to an alloy steel with 0.3 to 1.0% carbon, 0.2 to 2.5% silicon, up to 0.8% manganese, 30.0 to 48.0% nickel, 16.0 to 22.0% chromium, 0.5 to 18.0% cobalt, 1.5 to 4% molybdenum, 0.2 to 0.6% niobium, 0.1 to O.5% titanium, 0.1 to 0.6% zirconium, 0.1 to 1.5% tantalum and 0.1 to 1.5% hafnium, balance more than 20% iron when the cobalt content is at least 10% and more than 30% iron when the cobalt content is less than 10%. The steel is particularly suitable for use as a heat resistant and high hot strength material for parts, in particular pipes, of petrochemical cracking furnaces for the production of ethylene or synthesis gases.

Abstract: A bulk amorphous metal magnetic component has a plurality of layers of amorphous metal strips laminated together to form a generally three-dimensional part having the shape of a polyhedron. The bulk amorphous metal magnetic component may include an arcuate surface, and preferably includes two arcuate surfaces that are disposed opposite each other. The magnetic component is operable at frequencies ranging from between approximately 50 Hz and 20,000 Hz. When the component is excited at an excitation frequency “f” to a peak induction level Bmax, it exhibits a core-loss less than “L” wherein L is given by the formula L=0.0074 f (Bmax)1.3+0.000282 f1.5 (Bmax)2.4, said core loss, said excitation frequency and said peak induction level being measured in watts per kilogram, hertz, and teslas, respectively.

Abstract: A low-thermal expansion cast steel having an average linear thermal expansion coefficient of less than 4.0×10−6/° C. in a range of room temperature to 100° C. and excellent machinability has a chemical composition (by mass) comprising 0.4-0.8% of C, 0.5% or less of Si, 1.0% or less of Mn, 0.01-0.3% of S, 30-40% of Ni, and 0.005-0.1% of Mg, the balance being substantially Fe and inevitable impurities, the contents of S and Mn satisfying S≦(1/4) Mn or (1/4) Mn<S≦(1/4) Mn+0.05.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for producing Fe—Ni alloys used for electron gun parts. The alloy consists of: all by weight, 30 to 55% of Ni; 0.05 to 2.00% of Mn; 0.001% to 0.050 of S; and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities. The process substantially consists of melting, casting, hot working, cold rolling and annealing. The Fe—Ni alloy satisfies 0.0005≦((%Mn)*(%S))≦0.0100. The hot working is carried out at a temperature T defined by the following equation. 1050 ≦ T ⁢   ⁢ ° ⁢   ⁢ C . ≦ 9500 3.