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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2023
Posco Co., Ltd, Pohang-si, KR;
Kwan-Ho Kim, Pohang-si, KR;
POSCO CO., LTD, Pohang-si, KR;
Abstract
A wire rod and a steel wire which are for springs and have excellent corrosion fatigue resistance properties, and a method for producing same. The wire rod and steel wire containing, in wt %, 0.40-0.70% of C, 1.20-2.30% of Si, 0.20-0.80% of Mn, 0.20-0.80% of Cr, 0.015% or less of P, 0.015% or less of S, and 0.010% or less of N, with the remainder including Fe and other unavoidable impurities, along with at least one among 0.01-0.20% of V and 0.01-0.10% of Nb, wherein the V and Nb satisfy relational expression 1 below, the average grain size of prior austenite is no greater than 20 μm, and the surface decarburization depth is no greater than 0.1 mm. [Relational expression 1] [V]+ [Nb]≥0.08 (where the V and Nb contents are in wt %).