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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 1989
Filed:
Feb. 26, 1987
James N Cordea, Monroe, OH (US);
Joseph C Jasper, Middletown, OH (US);
Harshad V Sheth, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Baltimore Specialty Steels Corporation, Baltimore, MD (US);
Abstract
A nonmagnetic austenitic stainless steel and articles such as drill collars or boat shafts fabricated therefrom, the steel having a 0.2% yield strength of at least 100 ksi (689 N/mm.sup.2), improved resistance to intergranular stress corrosion, good ductility, good corrosion resistance and low magnetic permeability, and consisting essentially of, in weight percent, from greater than 0.05% to about 0.10% carbon, greater than 14% to about 18% manganese, about 15% to about 20% chromium, about 1% to about 3.5% nickel, about 0.3% to about 0.55% nitrogen, about 0.10% to about 0.5% vanadium, about 1.0% maximum copper, about 1.0% maximum molybdenum, about 1.0% maximum silicon, about 0.04% maximum phosphorous, about 0.03% maximum sulfur, and balance essentially iron.