Abstract: A stainless steel sheet for fuel cell separators comprises: a predetermined chemical composition; and Cr-containing fine precipitates at a steel sheet surface, wherein an average equivalent circular diameter of the fine precipitates is 20 nm or more and 500 nm or less, and a number of the fine precipitates existing per 1 ?m2 at the steel sheet surface is three or more.

Abstract: A ferritic stainless steel having excellent creep resistance and thermal fatigue resistance. The ferritic stainless steel has a chemical composition comprising, by mass %, C: 0.020% or less, Si: 0.1 to 1.0%, Mn: 0.05 to 0.60%, P: 0.050% or less, S: 0.008% or less, Ni: 0.02 to 0.60%, Al: 0.001 to 0.25%, Cr: 18.0 to 20.0%, Nb: 0.30 to 0.80%, Mo: 1.80 to 2.50%, N: 0.015% or less, Sb: 0.002 to 0.50%, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities. The expression Nb+Mo: 2.3 to 3.0% is satisfied, where Nb and Mo in the expression represent the contents, by mass %, of the respective elements.

Abstract: A stainless steel sheet for fuel cell separators comprises a predetermined chemical composition, wherein the stainless steel sheet has a textured structure at a surface thereof, an average interval between projected parts of the textured structure being 20 nm or more and 200 nm or less, and a ratio [Cr]/[Fe] of an atomic concentration of Cr existing in chemical form other than metal to an atomic concentration of Fe existing in chemical form other than metal at the surface of the stainless steel sheet is 2.0 or more.

Abstract: A stainless steel sheet for fuel cell separators comprises: a predetermined chemical composition; and fine precipitates containing Cr and Ti at a steel sheet surface, wherein an average equivalent circular diameter of the fine precipitates is 20 nm or more and 500 nm or less, and a number of the fine precipitates existing per 1 ?m2 at the steel sheet surface is three or more.

Abstract: A production method for a stainless steel sheet for fuel cell separators comprises: preparing a stainless steel sheet as a material; thereafter removing an oxide layer at a surface of the stainless steel sheet; and thereafter subjecting the stainless steel sheet to electrolytic etching treatment in an active region of the stainless steel sheet.

Abstract: A substrate stainless steel sheet has [chemical form other than metal (Cr+Fe)]/[metal form (Cr+Fe)] of 12.0 or more and 200 or less, [chemical form other than metal (Cr+Fe)]/[metal form (Cr+Fe)] being a ratio of a total of Cr and Fe existing in chemical form other than metal to a total of Cr and Fe existing in metal form at a substrate stainless steel sheet surface.

Abstract: A stainless steel sheet for fuel cell separators including a substrate made of stainless steel sheet, and low-electrical-resistivity metal particles, where the substrate has a textured structure formed on a surface thereof with the average interval between the projected parts of the textured structure being 10 nm or more and 300 nm or less, the low-electrical-resistivity metal particles have an average particle size of 50 nm to 1.0 ?m, the low-electrical-resistivity metal particles are attached to the surface of the substrate having the textured structure at a density of 1.0 particle or more for 1 ?m2, and a ratio of the average particle size of the low-electrical-resistivity metal particles to the average interval between the projected parts is 1.0 to 15.0.

Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate for a photoelectric conversion element that is low in cost as compared with a conventional ITO/glass substrate, easy to handle, and does not lower the power generation performance of the solar cell. The substrate for a photoelectric conversion element is made of a stainless steel sheet having a passive film on a surface thereof, an atomic ratio Cr/(Fe+Cr) of the passive film on a surface thereof is 0.08 or more.

Abstract: Provided is a ferritic stainless steel having excellent brazability and excellent corrosion resistance to condensed water in an environment in which the ferritic stainless steel is used for an exhaust heat recovery device or an EGR cooler. The ferritic stainless steel has a composition containing, in mass %, C: 0.025% or less, Si: 0.01% or more and less than 0.40%, Mn: 0.05 to 1.5%, P: 0.05% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Cr: 17.0 to 30.0%, Mo: 1.10 to 3.0%, Ni: more than 0.80% and 3.0% or less, Nb: 0.20 to 0.80%, Al: 0.001 to 0.10%, and N: 0.025% or less, with the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, and satisfying the following expression (1) and expression (2): C+N?0.030% ??(1) Cr+Mo?19.0% ??(2) where C, N, Cr, and Mo in expression (1) and expression (2) represent the contents (mass %) of the corresponding elements.

Abstract: A metal sheet for separators of polymer electrolyte fuel cells comprises: a substrate made of metal; and a surface-coating layer with which a surface of the substrate is coated, with a strike layer in between, wherein a coating ratio of the strike layer on the substrate is 2% to 70%, the strike layer is distributed in a form of islands, and a maximum diameter of the islands of the strike layer as coating portions is 1.00 ?m or less and is not greater than a thickness of the surface-coating layer.

Abstract: Provided is a ferritic stainless steel having a chemical composition containing, in mass %: 0.003% to 0.025% of C; 0.05% to 1.00% of Si; 0.05% to 1.00% of Mn; 0.04% or less of P; 0.01% or less of S; 16.0% to 23.0% of Cr; 0.20% to 0.80% of Cu; 0.05% to 0.60% of Ni; 0.20% to 0.70% of Nb; 0.005% to 0.020% of N; and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, in which a nitrogen-enriched layer is present that has a nitrogen concentration peak value of 0.03 mass % to 0.30 mass % at a depth of within 0.05 ?m of a surface of the steel.

Abstract: Provided is a ferritic stainless steel that has excellent corrosion resistance and displays good brazing properties when brazing is carried out at high temperature using a Ni-containing brazing metal. These effects are obtained as a result of the steel having a chemical composition containing, in mass %: 0.003%-0.020% of C; 0.05%-1.00% of Si; 0.10%-0.50% of Mn, 0.04% or less of P; 0.01% or less of S; 16.0%-25.0% of Cr; 0.05%-0.60% of Ni; 0.25%-0.45% of Nb; 0.005%-0.15% of Al; 0.005%-0.030% of N; and at least one selected from 0.50%-2.50% of Mo and 0.05%-0.80% of Cu, the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, and as a result of a nitrogen-enriched layer being created that has a nitrogen concentration peak value of 0.03 to 0.30 mass % at a depth of within 0.05 ?m of a surface of the steel.

Abstract: Provided is a ferritic stainless steel sheet. The steel sheet has a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.010% or less, Si: 1.0% or less, Mn: 1.0% or less, P: 0.040% or less, S: 0.030% or less, Cr: 17.0% or more and 18.5% or less, N: 0.015% or less, Nb: 0.40% or more and 0.80% or less, Ti: 0.10% or more and 0.40% or less, Al: 0.20% or less, Ni: 0.05% or more and 0.40% or less, Co: 0.01% or more and 0.30% or less, Mo: 0.02% or more and 0.30% or less, Cu: 0.02% or more and 0.40% or less, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, in which expression (1) below is satisfied. C %+N %: 0.018% or less??(1) In expression (1), C % and N % respectively denote the contents (mass %) of C and N.

Abstract: A stainless steel sheet for fuel cell separators comprises: a predetermined chemical composition; and Cr-containing fine precipitates at a steel sheet surface, wherein an average equivalent circular diameter of the fine precipitates is 20 nm or more and 500 nm or less, and a number of the fine precipitates existing per 1 ?m2 at the steel sheet surface is three or more.

Abstract: The surface of a substrate made of stainless-steel foil is coated with a Sn alloy layer, with a strike layer in between. The coverage of the strike layer on the substrate is 2% to 70%.

Abstract: A stainless steel sheet for fuel cell separators comprises: a predetermined chemical composition; and fine precipitates containing Cr and Ti at a steel sheet surface, wherein an average equivalent circular diameter of the fine precipitates is 20 nm or more and 500 nm or less, and a number of the fine precipitates existing per 1 ?m2 at the steel sheet surface is three or more.

Abstract: A martensitic stainless steel sheet comprises a chemical composition containing, in mass %, C: 0.035% to 0.090%, Si: 0.01% to 1.0%, Mn: 0.01% to 0.90%, P: 0.050% or less, S: 0.050% or less, Cr: 10.0% to 14.0%, Ni: 0.01% to 0.40%, Al: 0.001% to 0.50%, V: 0.05% to 0.50%, and N: 0.050% to 0.20%, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein a content of C and a content of N in the chemical composition satisfy C %+N % 0.10% and N % C %, the number of precipitates with a major axis length of 200 nm or more in a surface layer of the martensitic stainless steel sheet is 25 or less per 100 ?m2, and the martensitic stainless steel sheet has a tensile strength of 1300 MPa or more, a proof stress of 1100 MPa or more, and an elongation of 8.0% or more.

Abstract: Provided is a ferritic stainless steel that has good corrosion resistance and which exhibits good brazeability when subjected to high-temperature brazing with a Ni-containing brazing filler metal. The ferritic stainless steel has a composition containing, in mass %, C: 0.003 to 0.020%, Si: 0.05 to 0.60%, Mn: 0.05 to 0.50%, P: 0.04% or less, S: 0.02% or less, Cr: 17.0 to 24.0%, Ni: 0.20 to 0.80%, Cu: 0.01 to 0.80%, Mo: 0.01 to 2.50%, Al: 0.001 to 0.015%, Nb: 0.25 to 0.60%, and N: 0.020% or less, with the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, the composition satisfying formula (1) below and formula (2) below, Cu+Mo?0.30??(1) 4Ni?(Si+Mn)?0??(2) (wherein Cu and Mo in formula (1) and Ni, Si, and Mn in formula (2) each represent the content (mass %) of the corresponding element).

Abstract: Provided is ferritic stainless steel having excellent brazeability and excellent corrosion resistance to condensed water in an environment in which the steel is used for an exhaust heat recovery device or an EGR cooler. A ferritic stainless steel has a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.025% or less, Si: 0.40% to 2.0%, Mn: 0.05% to 1.5%, P: 0.05% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Cr: 16.0% to 30.0%, Mo: 0.60% to 3.0%, Ni: 0.10% to 2.5%, Nb: 0.20% to 0.80%, Al: 0.001% to 0.15%, N: 0.025% or less, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, in which relational expressions (1) and (2) below are satisfied. C+N?0.030%??(1), 2Si+Ni?1.0%??(2), (in relational expressions (1) and (2), C, N, Si, and Ni each denote the contents (mass %) of the corresponding elements).

Abstract: The ferritic stainless steel sheet contains, in mass%, C: 0.020% or less, Si: 0.6% or less, Mn: 0.5% or less, P: 0.04% or less, S: 0.010% or less, Al: 0.015% or more and 0.20% or less, Cr: 17.0% or more and 24.0% or less, Ni: less than 0.6%, N: 0.020% or less, Ca: 0.0002% or more and 0.0020% or less, and O: 0.0050% or less and further contains one or two selected from Ti: 0.01% or more and 0.45% or less and Nb: 0.01% or more and 0.55% or less, with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities. The ferritic stainless steel sheet satisfies (Ti+Nb×48/93)/(C+N)?8.0 (where Ti, Nb, C, and N represent the contents (% by mass) of these elements, respectively).