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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2019
Posco, Pohang-si, KR;
POSCO CO., LTD, Pohang-si, KR;
Abstract
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.