Nisshin Steel Co., Ltd.

Yasutoshi Kunitake

Manabu Oku

Yoshiaki Hori

Toshirou Nagoya

Takeo Tomita

Yoshitomo Fujimura

A method of manufacturing a ferritic stainless steel sheet having good workability with less anisotropy. The steps include providing a ferritic stainless steel comprising C up to about 0.03 mass %, N up to about 0.03 mass %, Si up to about 2.0 mass %, Mn up to about 2.0 mass %, Ni up to about 0.6 mass %, Cr about 9&#x2013;35 mass %, Nb about 0.15&#x2013;0.80 mass % and the balance being Fe except inevitable impurities; precipitation-heating said stainless steel at a temperature in a range of 700&#x2013;850&#xb0; C. for a time period not longer than 25 hours; and finish-annealing said stainless steel at a temperature in a range of 900&#x2013;1100&#xb0; C. for a time period not longer than 1 minute.

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Yasutoshi Kunitake