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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2015
Kobe Steel, Ltd., Kobe-shi, JP;
Yuki Sasaki, Hyogo, JP;
Takehiro Tsuchida, Hyogo, JP;
Takuya Kochi, Hyogo, JP;
Koji Yamashita, Hyogo, JP;
Masamichi Chiba, Hyogo, JP;
Kei Masumoto, Hyogo, JP;
Masayuki Sakata, Hyogo, JP;
KOBE STEEL, LTD., Kobe-shi, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a steel for a mechanical structure for cold working, which contains C, Si, Mn, P, S, Al and N and in which the metal structure includes pearlite and ferrite, the total areal proportion of pearlite and ferrite relative to the overall structure is 90% or higher, the average circle-equivalent diameter of bcc-Fe crystal grains surrounded by large angle grain boundaries is 5-15 μm, the average aspect ratio of pro-eutectoid ferrite crystal grains is 3.0 or lower, and the average spacing at the narrowest pearlite lamellar spacing is 0.20 μm or less.