Abstract: To provide a production process of an electrode catalyst for fuel cell whose initial voltage is high and whose endurance characteristics, especially, whose voltage drop being caused by high-potential application is less. A production process according to the present invention of an electrode catalyst for fuel cell is characterized in that: it includes: a dispersing step of dispersing a conductive support in a solution; a loading step of dropping a platinum-salt solution, a base-metal-salt solution and an iridium-salt solution to the resulting dispersion liquid, thereby loading respective metallic salts on the conductive support as hydroxides under an alkaline condition; and an alloying step of heating the conductive support with metallic hydroxides loaded in a reducing atmosphere to reduce them, thereby alloying them.

Abstract: The present invention provides a bearing component formed from a steel composition comprising: (a) from 0.5-1.2 wt. % carbon, (b) from 0.15-2 wt. % silicon, (c) from 0.25-2 wt. % manganese, (d) from 0.85-3 wt. % chromium, (e) optionally one or more of the following elements from 0-5 wt. % cobalt, from 0-2 wt. % aluminium, from 0-0.6 wt. % molybdenum, from 0-0.5 wt. % nickel, from 0-0.2 wt. % vanadium, from 0-0.1 wt. % sulphur, from 0-0.1 wt. % phosphorous, and (f) the balance iron, together with unavoidable impurities.

Abstract: A high-strength pearlitic steel rail with an excellent combination of wear properties and rolling contact fatigue resistance wherein the steel has 0.88% to 0.95% carbon, 0.75% to 0.92% silicon, 0.80% to 0.95% manganese, 0.05% to 0.14% vanadium, up to 0.008% nitrogen, up to 0.030% phosphorus, 0.008 to 0.030% sulphur, at most 2.5 ppm hydrogen, at most 0.10% chromium, at most 0.010% aluminium, at most 20 ppm oxygen, the remainder being iron and unavoidable impurities.

Abstract: A high-strength steel excellent in hydrogen embrittlement resistance is provided. The high-strength steel of the present invention excellent in hydrogen embrittlement resistance has a tensile strength of 1800 N/mm2 or above, contains 0.3 to 0.7% (percent by mass) C, 0.95 to 5.0% Cr, not higher than 0.6% and higher than 0% Mn, and 0.7 to 2.5% Si, and contains at least one of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Li, Na and K so as to meet the following conditions: (1) the upper limits of the Mg, the Ca, the Sr, the Ba, the Li, the Na and the K content are 0.05%, and (2) the Mg, the Ca, the Sr, the Ba, the Li, the Na and the K content meet Expression (1): Cr + Mn 4 ? 1000 × [ Ca + Mg + Sr + Ba 2 + Li + Na + K 8 ] .

Abstract: The invention relates to an Fe-Co alloy, the composition of which comprises in % by weight: 6?Co+Ni?22 Si?0.2 0.5?Cr?8 Ni?4 0.10?Mn?0.90 Al?4 Ti?1 C?1 Mo?3 V+W?3 Nb+Ta?1 Si+Al?6 O+N+S+P+B?0.1 the balance of the composition consisting of iron and inevitable impurities due to the smelting, it being furthermore understood that the contents thereof satisfy the following relationships: Co+Si?Cr?27 Si+Al+Cr+V+Mo+Ti?3.5 1.23(Al+Mo)+0.84(Si+Cr+V)?1.3 14.5(Al+Cr)+12(V+Mo)+25 Si ?50.

Abstract: This cold-rolled steel sheet includes, in terms of mass %, C: not less than 0.05% and not more than 0.095%, Cr: not less than 0.15% and not more than 2.0%, B: not less than 0.0003% and not more than 0.01%, Si: not less than 0.3% and not more than 2.0%, Mn: not less than 1.7% and not more than 2.6%, Ti: not less than 0.005% and not more than 0.14%, P: not more than 0.03%, S: not more than 0.01%, Al: not more than 0.1%, N: less than 0.005%, O: not less than 0.0005% and not more than 0.005%, and contains as the remainder, iron and unavoidable impurities, wherein the microstructure of the steel sheet includes mainly polygonal ferrite having a crystal grain size of not more than 4 ?m, and hard microstructures of bainite and martensite, the block size of the martensite is not more than 0.9 ?m, the Cr content within the martensite is 1.1 to 1.5 times the Cr content within the polygonal ferrite, and the tensile strength is at least 880 MPa.

Abstract: This steel for induction hardening includes: in terms of mass %, C: 0.40% or more to 0.75% or less; Si: 0.002% or more to 3.0% or less; Mn: 0.20% or more to 2.0% or less; S: 0.002% or more to 0.1% or less; Al: more than 0.10% to 3.0% or less; P: 0.030% or less; and N: 0.035% or less, with the remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities.

Abstract: The present invention provides a fire-resistant steel material superior in weld heat affected zone reheat embrittlement resistance and low temperature toughness when welded by large heat input and exposed to fire and a method of production of the same, that is, a material containing C: 0.012 to 0.050%, Mn: 0.80 to 2.00%, Cr: 0.80 to 1.90%, and Nb: 0.01 to less than 0.05%, restricting Cu to 0.10% or less, containing suitable quantities of Si, N, Ti, and Al, restricting the contents of Mo, B, P, S, and O, and having a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, having contents of C, Mn, Cr, Nb, and Cu satisfying ?1200C?20Mn+30Cr?330Nb?120Cu??80, having a steel structure as observed by an optical microscope of an area fraction of 80% or more of a ferrite phase, and having a balance of the steel structure of a bainite phase, martensite phase, and mixed martensite-austenite structure.

Abstract: The present invention provides a high strength thick steel material excellent in toughness and weldability reduced in amount of C and amount of N, containing suitable amounts of Si, Mn, Nb, Ti, B, and O, having contents of C and Nb satisfying C—Nb/7.74?0.004, having a density of Ti-containing oxides of a particle size of 0.05 to 10 ?m of 30 to 300/mm2, and having a density of Ti-containing oxides of a particle size over 10 ?m of 10/mm2 or less, produced by treating steel by preliminary deoxidation to adjust the dissolved oxygen to 0.005 to 0.015 mass %, then adding Ti and, furthermore, vacuum degassing the steel for 30 minutes or more, smelting it, then continuously casting it to produce a steel slab or billet, heating the steel slab or billet to 1100 to 1350° C., hot rolling the slab or billet to a thickness of 40 to 150 mm, then cooling it.

Abstract: The purposes of the present inventions are to provide a raw material for shot-peening materials wherein breaking a wire is prevented in obtaining a finished wire to improve the productivity, to provide a finished wire and a method of manufacturing shot-peening materials by which productivity is improved, and to provide shot-peening materials that are manufactured by that method. The finished wire, of which the area of carbides with a particle size of 2 ?m or less is 80% or more of the total area, is manufactured by the steps of wiredrawing a raw material to obtain a wire, and repeatedly annealing and cold-drawing the wire. The raw material for the shot-peening materials comprises, by mass %, 0.95-1.10% carbon, 0.15-0.30% silicon, 0.40% or less manganese, 0.020% or less phosphorus, 0.010% or less sulfur, 1.40-1.60% chromium, 0.0015% or less oxygen, and the remaining materials of iron and unavoidable impurities. The method of manufacturing the shot-peening materials uses that raw material.

Abstract: A steel alloy, particularly adapted for the manufacture of railway wheels is provided. Such alloy comprises essentially, in weight percentage, carbon 0.57-0.87, manganese 0.50-1.00, silicon less than 0.85, chromium 0.10-0.70, molybdenum less than 0.20, with the balance essentially iron. A second embodiment alloy is also provided. Such alloy comprises a steel railway wheel alloy, comprising, in weight percentage, carbon 0.50-0.80, manganese 0.50-1.00, silicon less than 0.85, chromium 0.10-0.70, molybdenum less than 0.20, phosphorus less than 0.05, sulfur less than 0.05, with the balance essentially iron.

Abstract: A water atomised prealloyed iron-based steel powder is provided which comprises by weight-%: 0.4-2.0 Cr, 0.1-0.8 Mn, less than 0.1 V, less than 0.1 Mo, less than 0.1 Ni, less than 0.2 Cu, less than 0.1 C, less than 0.25 O, less than 0.5 of unavoidable impurities, and the balance being iron.

Abstract: In order to manufacture a steel pipe for an air bag which can cope with increase in the pressure of gas blown into an air bag and decreases in the wall thickness of an accumulator, a steel having a composition, mass %, of: C: 0.05-0.20%, Si: 0.1-1.0%, Mn: 0.20-2.0%, P: at most 0.025%, S: at most 0.010%, Cr: 0.05-1.0%, Al: at most 0.10%, if necessary at least one of Mo: at most 0.50%, Ni: at most 1.5%, Cu: at most 0.5%, V: at most 0.2%, Ti: at most 0.1%, Nb: at most 0.1%, and B: at most 0.005%, and also if necessary, at least one of Ca: at most 0.01%, Mg: at most 0.01%, and REM (rare earth elements): at most 0.01%, and a remainder of Fe and impurities is used to produce a steel pipe, and the pipe is then subjected to cold working to predetermined dimensions, then to heating to a temperature of at least the Ac1 transformation temperature followed by quenching, and then to tempering at a temperature no higher than the Ac1 transformation temperature.

Abstract: A water atomised prealloyed iron-based steel powder is provided which comprises by weight-%: 0.2-1.5 Cr, 0.05-0.4 V, 0.09-0.6 Mn, less than 0.1 Mo, less than 0.1 Ni, less than 0.2 Cu, less than 0.1 C, less than 0.25 O, less than 0.5 of unavoidable impurities, the balance being iron.

Abstract: An iron-cobalt alloy containing in weight percentages: 10 to 22% of Co; traces to 2.5% of Si; traces to 2% of Al; 0.1 to 1% of Mn; traces to 0.0100% of C, a total of O, N and S content ranging between traces of 0.0070%; a total of Si, Al, Cr, Mo, V, Mn content ranging between 1.1 and 3.5%; a total of Cr, Mo and V content ranging between traces of 3%; a total of Ta and Nb content ranging between traces and 1%; and the rest being iron and impurities resulting from production wherein: 1.23×(Al+Mo) %+0.84 (Si+Cr+V) %?0.15×(Co %?15)?2.1, and 14.5×(Al+Cr) %+12×(V+Mo) %+25×Si %?21. The inventive alloy is useful for making electromagnetic actuator mobile cores.

Abstract: A heat treatment method of manufacturing high carbon bearing steel having excellent abrasion resistance and fatigue resistance, a steel wire rod for high carbon bearing steel subjected to the heat treatment, a manufacturing method of the steel wire rod, high carbon bearing steel manufactured by the heat treatment and a soaking method of a steel bloom used for manufacturing the steel wire rod. The heat treatment method of bearings includes the steps of: quenching a bearing-shaped steel part containing, by weight, 0.5% to 1.20% carbon and 1.0% to 2.0% silicon; and partitioning the quenched steel part at a temperature ranging from Ms?100° C. to Ms for at least 10 minutes, where Ms represents a temperature at which formation of martensite will start.

Abstract: The present invention provides a steel for a fracture splitting type connecting rod, in which: the steel contains C: 0.25-0.5% (in mass %, the same is applied hereunder), Si: 0.01-2.0%, Mn: 0.50-2.0%, P: 0.015-0.080%, S: 0.01-0.2%, V: 0.02-0.20%, Cr: 0.05-1.0%, Ti: 0.01-0.10%, and N: 0.01% or less; an f-value represented by the expression shown below is in the range of 0.003 to 0.04; and the average aspect ratio of sulfide system inclusions is 15 or less, f=[Ti]?[N]×48/14 (in the expression, [Ti] and [N] represent the contents (mass %) of Ti and N in a steel, respectively).

Abstract: A high carbon hot-rolled steel sheet which is a hot-rolled spheroidizing annealed material, including 0.2 to 0.7% C, 2% or less Si, 2% or less Mn, 0.03% or less P, 0.035 or less S, 0.08% or less Sol.Al., and 0.01% or less N, by mass, which contains carbide having a particle size of smaller than 0.5 ?m in a content of 15% or less by volume to the total amount of carbide, and the difference between the maximum hardness Hv max and the minimum hardness Hv min, ?Hv (=Hv max?Hv min), in the sheet thickness direction being 10 or smaller.

Abstract: Disclosed is a cold-rolled steel sheet having a specific steel composition and having a composite steel structure including a ferrite structure and a martensite-containing second phase. In a surface region of the steel sheet from the surface to a depth one-tenth the gage, the number density of n-ary groups of inclusions determined by specific n-th determinations is 120 or less per 100 cm2 of a rolling plane, in which the distance in steel sheet rolling direction between outermost surfaces of two outermost particles of the group of inclusions is 80 ?m or more. Also disclosed is a cold-rolled steel sheet having a specific steel composition and having a steel structure of a martensite single-phase structure. In the surface region, the number density of groups of inclusions, in which the distance between the outermost surfaces is 100 ?m or more, is 120 or less per 100 cm2 of a rolling plane.

Abstract: The performance index ??×Q of a magnetic core member, in which an Fe—Si—Cr alloy is used, is further improved. A flaky soft magnetic metal powder, which is used in a magnetic core member for an RFID antenna comprising the above flaky soft magnetic metal powder and a binder, wherein it is composed of an Fe—Si—Cr alloy having an Ms (saturation magnetization)/Hc (coercive force) of 0.8 to 1.5 (mT/Am?1) in an applied magnetic field of 398 kA/m. In the present invention, it is preferable that the flaky soft magnetic metal powder consists of 7 to 23 at % of Si, 15 at % or less of Cr (excluding 0), and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, and that it has a weight-average particle size D50 of 5 to 30 ?m and an average thickness of 0.1 to 1 ?m.

Abstract: The present invention provides a high-strength composite steel sheet which has a tensile strength of 980 MPa class as well as excellent and excellent anti-delayed fraction property, and also has excellent spot-weldability. The high-strength composite steel sheet comprises a steel satisfying: C: 0.10 to 0.25% (% by mass in case of a chemical component, the same shall apply hereinafter), Si: 1.0 to 3.0%, Mn: 1.5 to 3.0%, P: 0.15% or less, S: 0.02% or less, Al: 0.4% or less, and comprising the remnant made from iron and unavoidable impurities; the contents of Si, Al, Mn and Cr satisfy the relationship of “(Si+Al)/Mn or (Si+Al)/(Mn+Cr)=0.74 to 1.26”; and microstructure is specified.

Abstract: A high-strength steel sheet has high stretch flangeability after working and corrosion resistance after painting. The steel sheet contains, on the basis of mass percent, C: 0.02% to 0.20%, Si: 0.3% or less, Mn: 0.5% to 2.5%, P: 0.06% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Al: 0.1% or less, Ti: 0.05% to 0.25%, and V: 0.05% to 0.25%, the remainder being Fe and incidental impurities. The steel sheet has a substantially ferritic single phase, the ferritic single phase containing precipitates having a size of less than 20 nm, the precipitates containing 200 to 1750 mass ppm Ti and 150 to 1750 mass ppm V, V dissolved in solid solution being 200 or more but less than 1750 mass ppm.

Abstract: The invention relates to a steel and a processing method for high-strength fracture-splittable machine components that are composed of at least two fracture-splittable parts. The steel and method are characterized in that the chemical composition of the steel (expressed in percent by weight) is as follows: 0.40%?C?0.60%; 0.20%?Si?1.00%; 0.50%?Mn?1.50%; 0%?Cr?1.00%; 0%?Ni?0.50%; 0%?Mo?0.20%; 0%?Nb?0.050%; 0%?V?0.30%; 0%?Al?0.05%; 0.005%?N?0.020%, the rest being composed of iron and smelting-related impurities and residual matter.

Abstract: The present invention provides hot forging use non heat-treated steel where controlled cooling after shaping by hot forging is used to make the main structure of the steel martensite even without subsequent reheating and heat treatment by quenching and tempering and thereby give a steel part with a high strength and high toughness and superior machineability and a hot forged non heat-treated steel part made of that steel, in particular provides a martensite type hot forging use non heat-treated steel characterized by containing, by mass %, C: 0.10 to 0.20%, Si: 0.10 to 0.50%, Mn: 1.0 to 3.0%, P: 0.001 to 0.1%, S: 0.005 to 0.8%, Cr: 0.10 to 1.50%, Al: over 0.1 to 0.20%, and N: 0.0020 to 0.

Abstract: The present invention provides a high strength steel sheet with 780 MPa class tensile strength excellent in bending workability and fatigue strength. The high strength steel sheet is (1) a steel sheet whose steel composition contains: C: 0.05-0.20%; Si: 0.6-2.0%; Mn: 1.6-3.0%; P: 0.05% or below; S: 0.01% or below; Al: 0.1% or below; and N: 0.01% or below, the balance comprising iron and inevitable impurities, in which (2) a microstructure comprises a polygonal ferrite structure and a structure formed by low-temperature transformation, in which, when a sheet plane located at a depth of 0.1 mm from a surface of the steel sheet is in the observation under a scanning electron microscope with respect to twenty sights in total in different positions in the sheet-width direction, the maximum value of the areal proportion of the polygonal ferrite (Fmax) and the minimum value of the areal proportion of the ferrite (Fmin) in a 50 ?m×50 ?m area in each sight satisfy Fmax?80%, Fmin?10%, and Fmax?Fmin?40%.

Abstract: The present invention provides a high-strength steel sheet which has a 980 MPa class tensile strength as well as has excellent elongation, stretch flangeability and weldability, and also has excellent anti-delayed fraction property. The high-strength steel sheet comprises steel satisfying: C: 0.12 to 0.25%, Si: 1.0 to 3.0%, Mn: 1.5 to 3.0%, P: 0.15% or less, S: 0.02% or less, Al: 0.4% or less, and comprising the remnant made from iron and unavoidable impurities, wherein a ratio of the contents of Si and C (Si/C) is within the range from 7 to 14 in terms of a mass ratio, and a microstructure in a longitudinal section comprises, by an occupancy ratio based on the entire structure, 1) bainitic ferrite: 50% or more, 2) lath-type residual austenite: 3% or more, and 3) block-type residual austenite: 1% or more to ½×occupancy ratio of lath-type residual austenite, and 4) average size of block-type second phase is 10 ?m or less.

Abstract: The present invention provides high burring, high strength steel sheet excellent in softening resistance of the weld heat affected zone and a method of production of the same, that is, high burring, high strength steel sheet excellent in softening resistance of the weld heat affected zone containing, by wt %, C: 0.01 to 0.1%, Si: 0.01 to 2%, Mn: 0.05 to 3%, P?0.1%, S?0.03%, Al: 0.005 to 1%, N: 0.0005 to 0.005%, and Ti: 0.05 to 0.5% and further containing C, S, N, Ti, Cr, and Mo in ranges satisfying 0%<C?(12/48Ti?12/14N?12/32S)?0.05%, Mo+Cr?0.2%, Cr?0.5%, and Mo?0.5%, the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, wherein the microstructure comprises ferrite or ferrite and bainite.

Abstract: A high strength steel pipe for an airbag system has a steel composition comprising C: 0.05-0.20%, Si: 0.1-1.0%, P: at most 0.025%, S: at most 0.010%, Cr: 0.05-1.0%, Al: at most 0.10%, at least one of Ti and Mn satisfying (1) Ti?0.02% and (2) 0.4%?Mn+40Ti?1.2%, and a remainder of Fe. The composition may further include one or more of (i) at least one of Mo: 0.05-0.50%, Ni: 0.05-1.5%, V: 0.01-0.2%, and B: 0.0003-0.005%, (ii) at least one of Cu: 0.05-0.5% and Nb: 0.003-0.1%, and (iii) at least one of Ca: 0.0003-0.01%, Mg: 0.0003-0.01%, and REM: 0.0003-0.01%. The steel pipe can be manufactured by forming a pipe from the above-described steel composition to obtain prescribed dimensions, heating to at least the Ac1 transformation point and quenching, and then tempering at the Ac1 transformation point or below.

Abstract: The invention provides a machine structural steel excellent in machinability and strength properties that has good machinability over a broad range of machining speeds and also has high impact properties and high yield ratio, which machine structural steel comprises, in mass %, C: 0.1 to 0.85%, Si: 0.01 to 1.5%, Mn: 0.05 to 2.0%, P: 0.005 to 0.2%, S: 0.001 to 0.15%, total Al: greater than 0.05% and not greater than 0.3%, Sb: less than 0.0150% (including 0%), and total N: 0.0035 to 0.020%, solute N being limited to 0.0020% or less, and a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities.

Abstract: A Si-killed steel wire rod for obtaining a spring excellent in fatigue properties and a spring excellent in fatigue properties obtained from the steel wire rod are provided. The Si-killed steel wire rod of the present invention contains Sr: 0.03-20 ppm (means “mass ppm”, hereinafter the same), Al: 1-30 ppm and Si: 0.2-4% (means “mass %”, hereinafter the same) respectively, and contains Mg and/or Ca by a range of 0.5-30 ppm in total. Also, in the Si-killed steel wire rod of the present invention, oxide-based inclusions present in the wire rod contain SiO2: 30-90%, Al2O3: 2-50%, MgO: 35% or below (not inclusive of 0%), CaO: 50% or below (not inclusive of 0%), MnO: 20% or below (not inclusive of 0%) and SrO: 0.2-15% respectively, and total content of (CaO+MgO) is 3% or above. A spring excellent in fatigue properties can be obtained by forming the spring from such steel wire rod.

Abstract: The invention relates to ultrahigh strength hot-rolled steel having a chemical composition consisting of, by weight: 0.05%?C?0.1% 0.7%?Mn?1.1% 0.5%?Cr?1.0% 0.05%?Si?0.3% 0.05%?Ti?0.1% Al?0.07% S?0.03% P?0.05% the remainder comprising iron and impurities resulting from the production thereof. Moreover, the inventive steel has a bainitic-martensitic structure which can contain up to 5% ferrite. The invention also relates to a method of producing bands of said steel.

Abstract: The present invention is the thin steel sheet containing C, Si, Mn, P, S, Al, Mo, Ti, B, and N wherein a value Z calculated by the equation described below is 2.0-6.0, an area ratio against all the structure is 1% or above for retained austenite and 80% or above for total of bainitic ferrite and martensite, a mean axis ratio of the retained austenite crystal grain is 5 or above, and tensile strength is 980 MPa or above. Value Z=9×[C]+[Mn]+3×[Mo]+490×[B]+7×[Mo]/{100×([B]+0.001)} Thus a high strength thin steel sheet with 980 MPa or above tensile strength and enhanced hydrogen embrittlement resistance properties can be provided. Also, in accordance with the present invention, the hot-rolled steel sheet for cold-rolling capable of manufacturing the high strength thin steel sheet with good productivity and having improved cold-rollability can be provided.

Abstract: A steel material superior in high temperature characteristics and toughness is provided, that is, a steel material containing, by mass %, C: 0.005% to 0.03%, Si: 0.05% to 0.40%, Mn: 0.40% to 1.70%, Nb: 0.02% to 0.25%, Ti: 0.005% to 0.025%, N: 0.0008% to 0.0045%, B: 0.0003% to 0.0030%, restricting P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.020% or less, Al: 0.03% or less, and having a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, where the contents of C and Nb satisfy C?Nb/7.74?0.02 and Ti-based oxides of a grain size of 0.05 to 10 ?m are present in a density of 30 to 300/mm2.

Abstract: A steel material superior in high temperature characteristics and toughness is provided, the fire resistant steel material containing by mass %, C: 0.001% to 0.030%, Si: 0.05% to 0.50%, Mn: 0.40% to 2.00%, Nb: 0.03% to 0.50%, Ti: 0.005% to less than 0.040%, and N: 0.0008% to less than 0.0050%, restricting P: 0.030% or less and S: 0.020% or less, and having a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, where the contents of C and Nb satisfy C—Nb/7.74?0.004, and Ti-based oxides of a grain size of 0.05 to 10 ?m are present in a density of 30 to 300/mm2.

Abstract: This invention provides a forging steel excellent in forgeability, which forging steel comprises, in mass %, C: 0.001 to less than 0.07%, Si: 3.0% or less, Mn: 0.01 to 4.0%, Cr: 5.0% or less, P: 0.2% or less, S: 0.35% or less, Al: 0.0001 to 2.0%, N: 0.03% or less, one or both of Mo: 1.5% or less (including 0%) and Ni: 4.5% or less (including 0%), and a balance of iron and unavoidable impurities; wherein Di given by the following Equation (1) is 60 or greater: Di=5.

Abstract: Steel sheet having a composition of ingredients containing substantially, by mass %, C: 0.005 to 0.200%, Si: 2.50% or less, Mn: 0.10 to 3.00%, N: 0.0100% or less, Nb: 0.005 to 0.100%, and Ti: 0.002 to 0.150% and satisfying the relationship of Ti-48/14×N?0.0005, having a sum of the X-ray random intensity ratios of the {100}<001> orientation and the {110}<001> orientation of a ? sheet thickness part of 5 or less, having a sum of the maximum value of the X-ray random intensity ratios of the {110}<111> to {110}<112> orientation group and the X-ray random intensity ratios of the {211}<111> orientation of 5 or more, and having a high rolling direction Young's modulus measured by the static tension method and a method of production of the same are provided.

Abstract: An object of the preset invention is to provide a spring steel wire that: shows excellent wire drawability not only when it is used as a spring steel wire for cold-winding formed into a steel spring by applying quenching and tempering treatment after wiredrawing but also when it is used as a spring steel wire for cold-winding formed into a steel spring as it is wiredrawn; and secures a spring having an excellent fatigue characteristic after the spring steel wire is formed into the spring. The spring steel wire according to the present invention is a spring steel wire excellent in fatigue characteristic and wire drawability, wherein: the contents of C, Si, Mn, Cr, Ti, B, and other elements are specified; the contents (mass %) of B, Ti, and N satisfy the expression (1) below; the amount of solid solute B is in the range of 0.0005% to 0.0040%; the remainder in the spring steel wire is composed of Fe and unavoidable impurities; and the solid solute B concentrates at the grain boundaries of pearlite nodules, 0.

Abstract: The present invention provides a high strength heat treated steel wire for spring having a tensile strength of 2000 MPa or more which is coiled in the cold state and can achieve both sufficient atmospheric strength and coilability and spring steel used for that steel wire, that is, a high strength heat treated steel wire for a spring characterized by comprising, by mass %, C: 0.5 to 0.9%, Si: 1.0 to 3.0%, Mn: 0.1 to 1.5%, Cr: 1.0 to 2.5%, V: over 0.15 to 1.0%, and Al: 0.005% or less, controlling N to 0.007% or less, further containing one or two of Nb: 0.001 to less than 0.01% and Ti: 0.001 to less 0.005%, and having a tensile strength of 2000 MPa or more, having cementite-based spheroidal carbides and alloy-based spheroidal carbides in a microscopic visual field satisfying an area percentage of carbides with a circle equivalent diameter of 0.

Abstract: Provided is a hot-working steel excellent in machinability and impact value comprising, in mass %, C: 0.06 to 0.85%, Si: 0.01 to 1.5%, Mn: 0.05 to 2.0%, P: 0.005 to 0.2%, S: 0.001 to 0.35%, and Al: 0.06 to 1.0% and N: 0.016% or less, in contents satisfying Al×N×105?96, and a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, total volume of AlN precipitates of a circle-equivalent diameter exceeding 200 nm accounting for 20% or less of total volume of all AlN precipitates.

Abstract: A steel for nitrocarburizing use, which comprises by mass percent, C: more than 0.45% to not more than 0.60%, Si<0.50%, Mn: more than 1.30% to not more than 1.70%, P?0.05%, S: 0.02 to 0.10%, Cr?0.30% and N: more than 0.007% to not more than 0.030%, and which further contains one or two elements selected from Al: more than 0.010% to not more than 0.10% and Ti: more than 0.005% to not more than 0.035%, with Al+Ti being 0.015% or more, with the balance being Fe and impurities, wherein V among the impurities is not more than 0.010%, and further satisfies the following 2 formulas, has high fatigue strength and excellent straightenability after the nitrocarburizing treatment, without performing the expensive heat treatment of quenching and tempering. Consequently, they are suitable as raw materials for nitrocarburized components: fn1=1.25C+Mn?0.1Cr, fn2=N?0.45Al?( 1/22)Ti.

Abstract: A high strength steel sheet with both excellent elongation and stretch-flanging performance is provided. The high strength steel sheet of the present invention comprises, in percent by mass, C: 0.05 to 0.3%, Si: 0.01 to 3.0%, Mn: 0.5 to 3.0%, Al: 0.01 to 0.1%, and Fe and inevitable impurities as the remainder, and has a structure mainly composed of tempered martensite and annealed bainite. The space factor of the tempered martensite is 50 to 95%, the space factor of the annealed bainite is 5 to 30%, and the mean grain size of the tempered martensite is 10 ?m or smaller in terms of the equivalent of a circle diameter. The steel sheet has a tensile strength of 590 MPa or higher.

Abstract: The spring steel according to the present invention is a spring steel excellent in sag resistance and fatigue property containing: C: 0.5 to 0.8% by mass (hereinafter, referred to as %), Si: 1.2 to 2.5%, Mn: 0.2 to 1.5%, Cr: 1.0 to 4.0%, V: 0.5% or less (including 0%), P: 0.02% or less (excluding 0%), S: 0.02% or less (excluding 0%), Al: 0.05% or less (excluding 0%), and Fe and inevitable impurities as the balance, wherein the Si content and the Cr content satisfy the following formula (1): 0.8×[Si]+[Cr]?2.6??(1) (wherein, [Si] and [Cr] respectively represent the Si content (%) and the Cr content (%)). The spring steel is useful in improving both sag resistance and fatigue property.

Abstract: The invention provides a high-strength pearlitic steel rail, which is inexpensive, and has a tensile strength of 1200 MPa or more, and is excellent in delayed fracture properties. Specifically, the rail contains, in mass percent, C of 0.6 to 1.0%, Si of 0.1 to 1.5%, Mn of 0.4 to 2.0%, P of 0.035% or less, S of 0.0005 to 0.010%, and the remainder is Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein tensile strength is 1200 MPa or more, and size of a long side of an A type inclusion is 250 mm or less in at least a cross-section in a longitudinal direction of a rail head, and the number of A type inclusions, each having a size of a long side of 1 mm to 250 mm, is less than 25 per observed area of 1 mm2 in the cross-section in the longitudinal direction of the rail head.

Abstract: The invention provides a machine structural steel excellent in machinability and strength properties that has good machinability over a broad range of machining speeds and also has high impact properties and high yield ratio, which machine structural steel comprises, in mass %, C: 0.1 to 0.85%, Si: 0.01 to 1.5%, Mn: 0.05 to 2.0%, P: 0.005 to 0.2%, S: 0.001 to 0.15%, total Al: greater than 0.05% and not greater than 0.3%, Sb: less than 0.0150% (including 0%), and total N: 0.0035 to 0.020%, solute N being limited to 0.0020% or less, and a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities.

Abstract: Alloy compositions suitable for fabricating medical devices, such as stents, are disclosed. In certain embodiments, the compositions have small amounts of nickel, e.g., the compositions can be substantially free of nickel.

Abstract: Disclosed is a steel sheet, containing: Si: 0.20-2% (the term “%” herein means “mass %”, the same is true hereinbelow), Mn: 1-2.5%, a total mass of Si and Mn being 1.5% or more, and O: 0.002% or less (exclusive of 0%), C: 0.02-0.25%, P: 0.1% or less (exclusive of 0%), S: 0.05% or less (exclusive of 0%), Al—0.02-0.2%, and N: 0.0015-0.015%. The steel sheet of the invention can be advantageously used for forming wide beads even in high-speed arc welding of 100 cm/min or higher.

Abstract: Provided is a weld metal for Cr—Mo steels which is suppressed in the formation of ferrite bands and therefore has heightened toughness and tensile strength and at the same time, good SR cracking resistance. The weld metal according to the present invention contains C: 0.02 to 0.06% (mass %, which will equally apply hereinafter), Si: 0.1 to 1.0%, Mn: 0.3 to 1.5%, Cr: 2.0 to 3.25%, Mo: 0.8 to 1.2%, Ti: 0.010 to 0.05%, B: 0.0005% or less (inclusive of 0%), N: 0.002 to 0.0120%, O: 0.03 to 0.07%, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein a ratio of the Ti content [Ti] to the N content [N] satisfies the following range: 2.00<[Ti]/[N]<6.25.

Abstract: The invention relates to an ultrahigh-strength thin steel sheet excellent in the hydrogen embrittlement resistance, the steel sheet including, by weight %, 0.10 to 0.60% of C, 1.0 to 3.0% of Si, 1.0 to 3.5% of Mn, 0.15% or less of P, 0.02% or less of S, 1.5% or less of Al, 0.003 to 2.0% of Cr, and a balance including iron and inevitable impurities; in which grains of residual austenite have an average axis ratio (major axis/minor axis) of 5 or more, the grains of the residual austenite have an average minor axis length of 1 ?m or less, and the grains of the residual austenite have a nearest-neighbor distance between the grains of 1 ?m or less.

Abstract: A piston ring includes: a refined steel including: carbon C in a range of 0.20% mass to 0.90% mass, silicon Si in a range of 0.10% mass to less than 0.60% mass, manganese Mn in a range of 0.20% mass to 1.50% mass, chromium Cr in a range of 0.30% mass to 2.00% mass, and a remnant including: iron Fe, and an unavoidable impurity. A parameter A calculated from the following expression (1) based on contents of the Si, Mn and Cr is 9.0 or less: parameter A=8.8 Si+1.6 Mn+1.7 Cr—expression (1). A parameter B calculated from the following expression (2) based on contents of the C, Si, Mn and Cr is 10.8 or more: parameter B=36 C+4.2 Si+3.8 Mn+4.5 Cr—expression (2).

Abstract: A high tensile strength hot-rolled steel sheet having superior strain aging hardenability, which has high formability and stable quality characteristics, and in which satisfactory strength is obtained when the steel sheet is formed into automotive components, thus enabling the reduction in weight of automobile bodies. Specifically, a method for producing a high tensile strength hot-rolled steel sheet having superior strain aging hardenability with a BH of 80 MPa or more, a ?TS of 40 MPa or more, and a tensile strength of 440 MPa or more includes the steps of heating a steel slab to 1,000° C. or more, the steel slab containing, in percent by mass, 0.15% or less of C, 0.45% or less of Si, 3.0% or less of Mn, 0.08% or less of P, 0.02% or less of S, 0.02% or less of Al, 0.0050% to 0.0250% of N, and optionally 0.1% or less in total of at least one of more than 0.02% to 0.1% of Nb and more than 0.02% to 0.1% of V, the ratio N (mass %)/Al (mass %) being 0.