Abstract: Carbon steel for a rack bar contains 0.50 to 0.55% by weight of carbon (C), 0.15 to 0.35% by weight of silicon (Si), 0.75 to 0.95% by weight of manganese (Mn), 0.025% by weight or less of phosphorus (P), 0.025% by weight or less of sulfur (S), 0.65 to 0.85% by weight of chrome (Cr), 0.20% by weight or less of molybdenum (Mo), 0.001 to 0.02% by weight of aluminum (Al), 5 to 50 ppm of boron (B), and iron (Fe) as a remainder and unavoidable impurities. A method for manufacturing the rack bar includes quenching, tempering, and drawing the carbon steel and warm forging the drawn carbon steel.

Abstract: Carbon steel for a rack bar contains 0.50 to 0.55% by weight of carbon (C), 0.15 to 0.35% by weight of silicon (Si), 0.75 to 0.95% by weight of manganese (Mn), 0.025% by weight or less of phosphorus (P), 0.025% by weight or less of sulfur (S), 0.65 to 0.85% by weight of chrome (Cr), 0.20% by weight or less of molybdenum (Mo), 0.001 to 0.02% by weight of aluminum (Al), 5 to 50 ppm of boron (B), and iron (Fe) as a remainder and unavoidable impurities. A method for manufacturing the rack bar includes quenching, tempering, and drawing the carbon steel and warm forging the drawn carbon steel.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method for heat-treating a surface of a spheroidal graphite cast iron, particularly, heat-treating an uppermost surface of spheroidal graphite cast iron, and spheroidal graphite cast iron heat-treated by the same. The method may include first heat treating for forming ferrite and second heat treating for oxy-nitriding. The spheroidal graphite cast iron heat-treated includes an oxidation layer and a compound layer having a thickness of about 15 to 30 ?m, which may be uniform. The method of the heat-treating may decrease the pearlite fraction in the uppermost surface of spheroidal graphite cast iron and increase the ferrite fraction by forming ferrite, thereby forming a compound layer having a thickness of about 15 to 30 ?m during an oxy-nitriding heat treatment.