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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2019
Nippon Steel Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Masaharu Ueda, Tokyo, JP;
Jun Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Teruhisa Miyazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Takuya Tanahashi, Tokyo, JP;
NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to one aspect of the present invention, what is provided is a rail including, by mass %: C: 0.75% to 1.20%; Si: 0.10% to 2.00%; Mn: 0.10% to 2.00%; Cr: 0.10% to 1.20%; V: 0.010% to 0.200%; N: 0.0030% to 0.0200%; P≤0.0250%; S≤0.0250%; Mo: 0% to 0.50%, Co: 0% to 1.00%; B: 0% to 0.0050%; Cu: 0% to 1.00%; Ni: 0% to 1.00%; Nb: 0% to 0.0500%; Ti: 0% to 0.0500%; Mg: 0% to 0.0200%; Ca: 0% to 0.0200%; REM: 0% to 0.0500%; Zr: 0% to 0.0200%; Al: 0% to 1.00%; and a remainder consisting of Fe and impurities, in which a structure ranging from an outer surface of a head portion as an origin to a depth of 25 mm includes 95% or greater of a pearlite structure by area ratio, the hardness of the structure is in a range of Hv 360 to 500, and in ferrite of the pearlite structure at a position at a depth of 25 mm from the outer surface of the head portion as the origin, the number density of a V nitride having a grain size of 0.5 to 4.0 nm and including Cr is in a range of 1.0×10to 5.0×10cm.