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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2007
Toshiyuki Manabe, Tokyo, JP;
Shingo Yamasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Seiki Nishida, Tokyo, JP;
Nippon Steel Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A plated steel wire for PWS with excellent twist properties contains, in terms of mass %, 0.8 to 1.1% of C, 0.8 to 1.3% of Si, 0.3 to 0.8% of Mn, 0.001 to 0.006% of N, and 0.0004 to 0.0060% of B, where a quantity of solid-solubilized B is at least 0.0002%, also contains either one or both of 0.005 to 0.1% of Al and 0.005 to 0.1% of Ti, and contains as the remainder, Fe and unavoidable impurities, wherein an area fraction of non-pearlite structures in a region from a surface layer down to a depth of 50 μm is not more than 10%, an area fraction of non-pearlite structures within an entire cross-section is not more than 5%, and a surface of the steel wire is galvanized with a plating quantity within a range from 300 to 500 g/m.