Abstract: There is provided a process for improving the resistance to corrosion of stainless steel by ion plating process, the process comprising coating a component-adjusted stainless steel having an Mn/S ratio of less than 100 as substrate with a Ti-layer for surface preparation, coating directly the resulting Ti-layer or indirectly a TiC-layer, which has been coated onto the Ti-layer in advance as intermediate, with a TiN-layer in a total thickness of 1 to 3 .mu.m.The TiN-coated stainless steel according to the present invention may be widely used as corrosion-resistant metallic materials for preparing articles which can be employed under wet conditions such as tableware.

Abstract: A nickel-chromium stainless steel having improved corrosion resistances and machinability, comprising less than 0.08 wt. % of C, less than 1.0 wt. % of Si, less than 0.7 wt. % of Mn, less than 0.04 wt. % of P, less than 0.005 wt. % of S, 8.0 to 12.0 wt. % of Ni, 17.0 to 20.0 wt. % of Cr, 0.40 to 0.80 wt. % of Mo, less than 0.3 wt. % of Cu, 0.03 to 0.5 wt. % of Sn and the balance of Fe.In another embodiment of the present invention, 0.03 to 0.1 wt. % of Bi is added to the above-described composition to further improve the machinability of the stainless steel.