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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2008
Masahide Kawabata, Moka, JP;
Seiichi Endo, Moka, JP;
Masanori Hara, Moka, JP;
Koki Otsuka, Moka, JP;
Masahide Kawabata, Moka, JP;
Seiichi Endo, Moka, JP;
Masanori Hara, Moka, JP;
Koki Otsuka, Moka, JP;
HITACHI METALS, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Precipitation-hardened, martensitic, cast stainless steel having a composition comprising, by mass, 0.08-0.18% of C, 1.5% or less of Si, 2.0% or less of Mn, 0.005-0.4% of S, 13.5-16.5% of Cr, 3.0-5.5% of Ni, 0.5-2.8% of Cu, 1.0-2.0% of Nb, and 0.12% or less of N, the amounts of C, N and Nb meeting the condition of −0.2≦9 (C %+0.86N %)−Nb %≦1.0, the rest being Fe and inevitable impurities, and having a structure in which Cu precipitates having an average particle size of 0.1-0.4 μm are dispersed in a tempered-martensite-based matrix.