Posco Co., Ltd

Bo-Sung Seo

Kwang-Min Kim

Jong Hee Kim

Mi-Nam Park

The present disclosure relates to austenitic stainless steel with excellent electrical conductivity in which metal copper is formed in a non-conductive passivation film formed on the surface of stainless steel, and a method of manufacturing the same. The austenitic stainless steel with excellent electrical conductivity according to an embodiment of present disclosure includes: a stainless steel base material comprising, in percent (%) by weight of the entire composition, C: 0.1% or less, Si: 0.1 to 1.0% or less, Mn: 0.1 to 2.0% or less, Cr: 15 to 24% or less, Ni: 6 to 12% or less, Cu: 0.5 to 3% or less, the remainder of iron (Fe) and other inevitable impurities; and a passivation film formed on the stainless steel base material, and the passivation film has a thickness of more than 0 and less than or equal to 5 nm, the Cu weight % content in the thickness region between 2 to 3 nm from the surface of the passivation film is 1.5 or more compared to the Cu weight % content of the stainless steel base material.

Austenitic stainless steel having excellent electrical conductivity, and method for manufacturing same

Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a stainless steel with excellent contact resistance for a polymer fuel cell separator. The method of manufacturing a stainless steel with excellent contact resistance for a polymer fuel cell separator according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: electrolyzing to remove a first passivation film formed on a cold-rolled thin sheet of a stainless steel comprising, in percent (%) by weight of the entire composition, C: greater than 0 to 0.1%, N: greater than 0 to 0.02%, Si: greater than 0 to 0.25%, Mn: greater than 0 to 0.2%, P: greater than 0 to 0.04%, S: greater than 0 to 0.02%, Cr: 22 to 34%, Ti: greater than 0 to 0.5%, Nb: greater than 0 to 0.5%, the remainder of iron (Fe) and other inevitable impurities; and immersing in a mixed acid solution of nitric acid and hydrofluoric acid to form a second passivation film on the stainless cold-rolled thin sheet.

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Bo-Sung Seo