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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2011
Applicants:
Manabu Kubota, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuro Ochi, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Manabu Kubota, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuro Ochi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 8/32 (2006.01); C23C 8/22 (2006.01); C22C 38/60 (2006.01); C22C 38/08 (2006.01); C22C 38/18 (2006.01); C22C 38/22 (2006.01); C22C 38/16 (2006.01); C22C 38/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In the steel for a surface layer hardening which is treated with carburizing in a temperature range of 800° C. to 900° C., chemical composition thereof contains, by mass %, C: 0.10% to 0.60%, Si: 0.01% to 2.50%, Mn: 0.20% to 2.00%, S: 0.0001% to 0.10%, Cr: 2.00% to 5.00%, Al: 0.001% to 0.50%, N: 0.0020% to 0.020%, P: 0.001% to 0.050%, and O: 0.0001% to 0.0030%; the remaining portion thereof includes Fe and unavoidable impurities; and the total amount of Cr, Si, and Mn satisfies, by mass %, 2.0≦Cr+Si+Mn≦8.0.