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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2011
Masahide Kawabata, Moka, JP;
Hideo Kuribayashi, Miyako-gun, JP;
Junji Hayakawa, Miyako-gun, JP;
HITACHI METALS, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A heat-resistant, ferritic cast steel having excellent melt flowability, gas defect resistance, toughness and machinability, which has a composition comprising by mass, C: 0.32-0.45%, Si: 0.85% or less, Mn: 0.15-2%, Ni: 1.5% or less, Cr: 16-23%, Nb: 3.2-4.5%, Nb/C: 9-11.5, N: 0.15% or less, S: (Nb/20−0.1) to 0.2%, W and/or Mo: 3.2% or less in total (W+Mo), the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, and a structure in which the area ratio of a eutectic (δ+NbC) phase of δ ferrite and Nb carbide (NbC) is 60-80%, and the area ratio of manganese chromium sulfide (MnCr)S is 0.2-1.2%, and an exhaust member made thereof.