Nippon Steel Corporation

Taro Oe

Hiroki Kamitani

Yuji Arai

Keiichi Kondo

Keiichi Nakamura

Hideki Takabe

Atsushi Soma

Yosuke Takeda

Yohei Otome

Takenori Kuramoto

Nobuaki Komatsubara

Yusuke Sendai

The steel material according to the present disclosure consists of, in mass %, C: 0.15 to 0.45%, Si: 0.05 to 1.00%, Mn: 0.05 to less than 0.80%, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.0100% or less, Al: 0.100% or less, Cr: 0.30 to 1.50%, Mo: 0.25 to 2.00%, Ti: 0.001 to 0.015%, N: 0.0100% or less, O: 0.0050% or less, V: 0 to 0.05%, Nb: 0 to 0.010%, B: 0 to less than 0.0005%, Ca: 0 to 0.0100%, Mg: 0 to 0.0100%, and rare earth metal: 0 to 0.0100%, with the balance being Fe and impurities. In the steel material, the grain size number of prior-austenite grains is less than 7.0, Formula (1) to Formula (4) described in the specification are satisfied, the yield strength is 896 MPa or more, and the absorbed energy at −10° C. is 95 J or more.

Steel material

A steel material according to the present disclosure has a chemical composition consisting of, in mass %: C: 0.15 to 0.45%, Si: 0.05 to 1.00%, Mn: 0.01 to 1.00%, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.0050% or less, Al: 0.005 to 0.100%, Cr 0.55 to 1.10%, Mo: 0.70 to 1.00%, Ti: 0.002 to 0.020%, V: 0.05 to 0.30%, Nb: 0.002 to 0.100%, B: 0.0005 to 0.0040%, N: 0.0100% or less, O: less than 0.0020%, and the balance being Fe and impurities, and satisfying Formula (1) described in the specification. A grain diameter of a prior-austenite grain is 15.0 μm or less, and an average area of precipitate which is precipitated in a prior-austenite grain boundary is 12.5×10μmor less. A yield strength is 758 to 862 MPa.

Steel material suitable for use in sour environment

A method of manufacturing a stainless steel pipe includes preparing a hollow shell having a composition (mass %): up to 0.05% C; up to 1.0% Si; 0.01 to 1.0% Mn; up to 0.05% P; below 0.002% S; 0.001 to 0.1% Al; 16.0 to 18.0% Cr; 3.0 to 5.5% Ni; 1.8 to 3.0% Mo; 1.0 to 3.5% Cu; up to 0.05% N; up to 0.05% O; 0 to 0.3% Ti; 0 to 0.3% Nb; 0 to 0.3% V; 0 to 2.0% W; 0 to 0.01% Ca; 0 to 0.01% B; the balance Fe and impurities, holding the shell in a temperature range of 420 to 460&#xb0; C. for 60 to 180 minutes; and then holding the shell in a temperature range of 550 to 600&#xb0; C. for 5 to 300 minutes.

Method of manufacturing stainless pipe for oil wells and stainless steel pipe for oil wells

A steel pipe for line pipe has a composition of, in mass %: C: 0.02 to 0.11%; Si: 0.05 to 1.0%; Mn: 0.30 to 2.5%; P: up to 0.030%; S: up to 0.006%; Cr: 0.05 to 0.36%; Mo: 0.02 to 0.33%; V: 0.02 to 0.20%; Ti: 0.001 to 0.010%; Al: 0.001 to 0.100%; N: up to 0.008%; Ca: 0.0005 to 0.0040%; and other elements and satisfies Cr+Mo+V&#x2264;0.40, the chemical symbols in the equation substituted by the content of the corresponding element in mass %. The pipe contains tempered martensite and/or tempered bainite and further contains ferrite in at least one of a portion between a steel pipe outer surface and a depth of 1 mm from the outer surface, and a portion between a steel pipe inner surface and a depth of 1 mm from the inner surface.

Steel pipe for line pipe and method of manufacturing the same

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