Abstract: An austenoferritic stainless steel with high tensile elongation includes iron and the following elements in the indicated weight amounts based on total weight:carbon<0.04%0.4%<silicon<1.2%2%<manganese<4%0.1%<nickel<1%18%<chromium<22%0.05%<copper<4%sulfur<0.03%phosphorus<0.1%0.1%<nitrogen<0.3%molybdenum<3%the steel having a two-phase structure of austenite and ferrite and comprising between 30% and 70% of austenite, whereinCreq=Cr %+Mo %+1.5 Si %Nieq=Ni %+0.33 Cu %+0.5 Mn %+30 C %+30 N %and Creq/Nieq is from 2.3 to 2.75, and whereinIM=551-805(C+N)%--8.52 Si %--8.57 Mn %--12.51 Cr %--36 Ni %--34.5 Cu %--14 Mo %,IM being from 40 to 115.

Abstract: Process for manufacturing a foil of ferritic stainless steel having a high aluminum content, which can be used in particular for a catalyst support in a motor-vehicle exhaust, wherein a ferritic stainless steel sheet of the following composition:0.005%<carbon<0.060%10%<chromium<23%0.1%<aluminum<3%0.003%<nitrogen<0.030%0.1%<manganese<2%0.1%<silicon<2%rare-earth elements in a proportion of between 0.03% and 0.15%, is subjected to:plating between two sheets of aluminum in order to obtain a laminate, rolling the laminate to a thickness of 0.03-0.25 mm to form a foil, static diffusion annealing the foil in a hydrogen atmosphere, and finish rolling greater than 20%.