Abstract: The present invention is characterized by a superconducting magnetic shield comprising a seamless, bottomless hollow body or a seamless hollow body having a bottom, the hollow body having a wall comprised of, in the thickness direction thereof, at least one laminate structure comprising a unit of two layers of an Nb--Ti-base alloy layer and a metal layer having a high conductivity or three layers of the above two layers and a barrier layer sandwiched therebetween; a process for preparing a magnetic shield which comprises subjecting the magnetic shielding material to a heat treatment after deep drawing; and a process for preparing the magnetic shielding material.

Abstract: A process for producing a cold-rolled strip or sheet of an austenitic stainless steel, comprising the steps of: casting a melt of an austenitic stainless steel into a cast strip in the form of a thin strip having a thickness of 10 mm or less by using a continuous caster in which a casting-mold wall is moved synchronously with the cast strip; cold-rolling the cast strip to form a cold-rolled strip; final annealing the cold-rolled strip; and skin-pass-rolling the annealed strip at an elongation of from 0.5 to 2.5%.

Abstract: A process in which a cast strip of Cr-Ni type stainless steel having a thickness close to a product thickness is prepared by the synchronous continuous casting. By subjecting the cast strip just below the casting machine to rapid cooling in the high-temperature region, hot-working or cold-working the cast strip and subjecting the cast strip to annealing or the like, .gamma. grains in the cast strip are made finer, and by carrying out cooling in the low-temperature region of temperatures lower than 900.degree. C., precipitation of Cr carbide in the grain boundary is prevented. Thus, occurrence of roping or uneven gloss on the surface of the stainless steel sheet is controlled.

Abstract: A ferritic stainless steel having excellent formability, for example, in a deep drawing procedure, contains 0.04 to 0.1 weight % of C, 1.0 weight % or less of Si, 0.75 weight % or less of Mn, 10 to 30 weight % of Cr, 0.5 weight % or less of Ni, 0.025 weight % or les of N, 2 to 30 ppm of boron, and optionally, 0.005 to 0.4 weight % of an additional alloy component consisting of Al and, further optionally, a further additional alloy component consisting of at least one member selected from 0.005 to 0.6 weight % of Ti, 0.005 to 0.4 weight % of Nb, V, and Zr, 0.02 to 0.50 weight % of Cu, and 0.05 weight % or less of Ca and Ce, the sum of the contents of C and N being 0.0502 weight % or more.