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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2020
Nippon Steel Stainless Steel Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kou Nishimura, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiharu Inoue, Tokyo, JP;
NIPPON STEEL STAINLESS STEEL CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A ferritic stainless steel sheet includes a base metal and a nitrided layer that is formed on a surface of the base metal, a chemical composition of the base metal contains, in mass %, C: 0.001 to 0.020%, Si: 0.01 to 1.50%, Mn: 0.01 to 1.50%, P: 0.010 to 0.050%, S: 0.0001 to 0.010%, Cr: 16.0 to 25.0%, N: 0.001 to 0.030%, Ti: 0.01 to 0.30%, and optional elements, with the balance: Fe and unavoidable impurities, a steel microstructure of the base metal includes, in volume ratio, 95% or more of a ferritic phase, the nitrided layer is a layer that is present in a region from a surface of a rolled surface to a 0.05 μm depth position in a sheet thickness direction, and an average nitrogen concentration in the nitrided layer is, in mass %, 0.80% or more.