Abstract: The present invention provides: a steel for a welded structure to be used for a crude oil tank that exhibits excellent general and local corrosion resistance in crude oil corrosion caused in a steel oil tank and is capable of suppressing the formation of corrosion products (sludge) containing solid sulfur; a method for producing said steel; a crude oil tank; and a method for preventing a crude oil tank against corrosion. The present invention makes it possible to obtain general and local corrosion resistance in a crude oil tank environment and suppress the formation of corrosion products (sludge) containing solid sulfur by using a steel: containing, in mass, 0.001 to 0.2% C, 0.01 to 2.5% Si, 0.1 to 2% Mn, 0.03% or less P, 0.007% or less S, 0.01 to 1.5% Cu, 0.001 to 0.3% Al, 0.001 to 0.01% N as basic components and, further, 0.01 to 0.2% Mo and/or 0.01 to 0.5% W; and preferably satisfying the following expression; Solute Mo+Solute W?0.005%.

Abstract: The present invention provides a flux cored wire for gas shielded arc welding of high-strength steel having proof stress of 690 MPa or more, which is capable of all-position welding with a higher efficiency and exhibits an excellent cracking resistance. The flux cored wire comprising a steel sheath, and a flux filled therein, wherein the flux cored wire comprises, by mass % with respect to the total mass of the flux cored wire: C: 0.03 to 0.10%, Si: 0.25 to 0.7%, Mn: 1.0 to 3.0%, Ni: 1.0 to 3.5%, B: 0.001 to 0.015%, Cr: limited to 0.05% or less, and Al: limited to 0.05% or less, and in the flux, TiO2: 2.5 to 7.5%, SiO2: 0.1 to 0.5%, ZrO2: 0.2 to 0.9%, and Al2O3: 0.1 to 0.4%; and the remainder comprising: Fe, arc stabilizer, and unavoidable impurities; and wherein the total mount of hydrogen in the flux cored wire is in 15 ppm or less.

Abstract: The present invention provides: a steel for a welded structure to be used for a crude oil tank that exhibits excellent general and local corrosion resistance in crude oil corrosion caused in a steel oil tank and is capable of suppressing the formation of corrosion products (sludge) containing solid sulfur; a method for producing said steel; a crude oil tank; and a method for preventing a crude oil tank against corrosion. The present invention makes it possible to obtain general and local corrosion resistance in a crude oil tank environment and suppress the formation of corrosion products (sludge) containing solid sulfur by using a steel: containing, in mass, 0.001 to 0.2% C, 0.01 to 2.5% Si, 0.1 to 2% Mn, 0.03% or less P, 0.007% or less S, 0.01 to 1.5% Cu, 0.001 to 0.3% Al, 0.001 to 0.01% N as basic components and, further, 0.01 to 0.2% Mo and/or 0.01 to 0.5% W; and preferably satisfying the following expression; Solute Mo+Solute W?0.005%.

Abstract: The present invention provides: a steel for a welded structure to be used for a crude oil tank that exhibits excellent general and local corrosion resistance in crude oil corrosion caused in a steel oil tank and is capable of suppressing the formation of corrosion products (sludge) containing solid sulfur; a method for producing said steel; a crude oil tank; and a method for preventing a crude oil tank against corrosion. The present invention makes it possible to obtain general and local corrosion resistance in a crude oil tank environment and suppress the formation of corrosion products (sludge) containing solid sulfur by using a steel: containing, in mass, 0.001 to 0.2% C, 0.01 to 2.5% Si, 0.1 to 2% Mn, 0.03% or less P, 0.007% or less S, 0.01 to 1.5% Cu, 0.001 to 0.3% Al, 0.001 to 0.01% N as basic components and, further, 0.01 to 0.2% Mo and/or 0.01 to 0.5% W; and preferably satisfying the following expression; Solute Mo+Solute W?0.005%.

Abstract: The present invention provides a high-strength thick steel plate having a plate thickness of 50 to 80 mm and a tensile strength of 490 to 570 MPa which is able to realize an excellent HAZ toughness even when welding with a heat input of 20 to 100 kJ/mm is conducted and is characterized by containing, by wt %, 0.03-0.14% of C, 0.30% or less of Si, 0.8-2.0% of Mn, 0.02% or less of P, 0.005% or less of S, 0.8-4.0% of Ni, 0.003-0.040% of Nb, 0.001-0.040% of Al, 0.0010-0.0100% of N, and 0.005-0.030% of Ti, where Ni and Mn satisfy equation [1], and the balance of iron and unavoidable impurities: Ni/Mn?10×Ceq?3 (0.36<Ceq<0.

Abstract: The present invention provides: a steel for a welded structure to be used for a crude oil tank that exhibits excellent general and local corrosion resistance in crude oil corrosion caused in a steel oil tank and is capable of suppressing the formation of corrosion products (sludge) containing solid sulfur; a method for producing said steel; a crude oil tank; and a method for preventing a crude oil tank against corrosion. The present invention makes it possible to obtain general and local corrosion resistance in a crude oil tank environment and suppress the formation of corrosion products (sludge) containing solid sulfur by using a steel: containing, in mass, 0.001 to 0.2% C, 0.01 to 2.5% Si, 0.1 to 2% Mn, 0.03% or less P, 0.007% or less S, 0.01 to 1.5% Cu, 0.001 to 0.3% Al, 0.001 to 0.01% N as basic components and, further, 0.01 to 0.2% Mo and/or 0.01 to 0.5% W; and preferably satisfying the following expression; Solute Mo+Solute W?0.005%.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a structural steel plate, which process greatly improves the excellent brittle crack propagation arrest characteristics and Charpy characteristics at the same time without relying on the addition of costly alloying elements such as Ni. The steel plate is characterized in that the steel plate comprises, based on weight, 0.04 to 0.30% of C, up to 0.5% of Si, up to 2.0% of Mn, up to 0.1% of Al, 0.001 to 0.10% of Ti, 0.001 to 0.01% of N and the balance Fe and unavoidable impurities, that the structure in the front surface region and the back surface region each having a thickness corresponding to 2 to 33% of the plate thickness has an average grain size d of up to 3 .mu.m, and that the structure has a controlled Vickers hardness.