Abstract: A rolled wire or rod of stainless steel having a fine-grain structure and intended for the manufacture of drawn spring wire and rope wire of high mechanical strength and high ductility. The carbon content, 0.04-0.07%, is much lower than in conventional stainless steels for spring wire and rope wire, and the nickel and chromium contents, 8-9.5% and 18-19% respectively, have been adjusted to said carbon content such that a chromium content of 18% corresponds to a nickel content of 8.0-8.8% when the carbon content is 0.04% and to a nickel content of 8.8-9.5% when the carbon content is 0.07%, and a chromium content of 19% corresponds to a nickel content below 8.3% when the carbon content is 0.04% and to a nickel content of 8.4-9.2% when the carbon content is 0.07%. The grain size of the wire or rod is 8-13 ASTM, preferably 10-12 ASTM.

Abstract: Ferritic, stabilized, stainless and corrosion-resistant chromium-molybdenum steels with a carbon content of from 0.01 to 0.025%, a nitrogen content of from 0.005 to 0.025%, a chromium content of from 20.0 to 30.0%, a molybdenum content of from 3.0 to 5.0%, manganese and silicon contents of from 0.02 to 1.0% in each case and vanadium, tungsten, cobalt and aluminum contents of at most 0.25% in each case and also with a nickel content of from 3.2 to 4.8%, a copper content of from 0.1 to 1.0%, a titanium content of from 0.2 to 0.7% and/or a niobium content of from 0.2 to 1.0%, the rest being iron with the usual impurities, alloying additions of boron and/or zirconium being permitted in quantities which correspond to the prior art.