Abstract: This invention relates to a steel composition comprising, expressed in percentages by weight: 0.25-0.35% C, 24-28% Cr, 10-15% Ni, 3-6% Mn, 1.75-2.50% Nb, 0.50-0.70% N, 0-0.30% Si, provided that C+N≧0.8%, the rest consisting mainly of iron and unavoidable impurities. The invention further relates to a method for making said compositions and valves produced from said compositions or using said method and exhibiting excellent mechanical strength and oxidation resistance at temperatures between 800 and 900° C.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 9, 2002
Date of Patent:
December 2, 2003
Assignee:
Societe Industrielle de Metallurgie Avancee (S.I.M.A.)
Abstract: The invention concerns a high specification non-magnetic stainless steel which is corrosion resistant in physiological media and which can be produced at atmospheric pressure,
characterized in that its composition in % by weight is as follows:
Mn
15% to 24%
Ti
≦0.020%
Cr
15% to 20%
Al
≦0.020%
Mo
2.5% to 4%
S
≦0.0020%
N
0.6% to 0.85%
B
≦0.020%
V
0.1% to 0.5%
Nb + Ta
≦0.5%
C
≦0.06%
Co
≦0.5%
Ni
≦0.25%
Cu
≦0.5%
silica
≦0.25%
and from 0 to 0.5% of each of elements Cu, Co and of the sum Nb+Ta, the remainder being constituted by iron and impurities, and in that its composition satisfies the following conditions:
(%Cr)+2.5(%Mo)≦27 (I)
(%Cr)+3.3(%Mo)≧26 (II);
and
Log(%N)+0.0605(%N)=−1.3+[125(%V)+80(%Nb)+52(%Cr)+19(%Mn)]×10−3−[4.