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Patent No.:

US 9879335 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018

Filed:

Feb. 03, 2014

Weld metal and welded structure

Applicant:

Kobe Steel, Ltd., Kobe-shi, JP;

Inventors:

Hidenori Nako, Kobe, JP;

Ken Yamashita, Fujisawa, JP;

Minoru Otsu, Fujisawa, JP;

Mikihiro Sakata, Fujisawa, JP;

Genichi Taniguchi, Fujisawa, JP;

Assignee:

Kobe Steel, Ltd., Kobe-shi, JP;

Attorney:

Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

Primary Examiner:

Colleen Dunn

Assistant Examiner:

Jeremy Jones

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C 38/54 (2006.01); B23K 35/36 (2006.01); C22C 38/00 (2006.01); B23K 35/30 (2006.01); C22C 38/02 (2006.01); C22C 38/04 (2006.01); C22C 38/20 (2006.01); C22C 38/22 (2006.01); C22C 38/24 (2006.01); C22C 38/26 (2006.01); C22C 38/32 (2006.01); C22C 38/06 (2006.01); C22C 38/42 (2006.01); C22C 38/44 (2006.01); C22C 38/46 (2006.01); C22C 38/48 (2006.01); C22C 38/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C 38/54 (2013.01); B23K 35/308 (2013.01); B23K 35/3602 (2013.01); B23K 35/3605 (2013.01); C22C 38/001 (2013.01); C22C 38/002 (2013.01); C22C 38/02 (2013.01); C22C 38/04 (2013.01); C22C 38/06 (2013.01); C22C 38/20 (2013.01); C22C 38/22 (2013.01); C22C 38/24 (2013.01); C22C 38/26 (2013.01); C22C 38/32 (2013.01); C22C 38/42 (2013.01); C22C 38/44 (2013.01); C22C 38/46 (2013.01); C22C 38/48 (2013.01); C22C 38/50 (2013.01);
Abstract

This welded structure comprises a weld metal which contains C, Si, Mn, Cr, Mo, V, Nb, N and O in prescribed amounts respectively with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities and which exhibits an A value of 200 or more and a Z value of 0.05 or more. The A value is calculated from the element contents of the weld metal according to the formula: A value=([V]/51+[Nb]/93)/{[V]×([Cr]/5+[Mo]/2)}×10. The Z value is calculated according to the formula: Z value=N×[insol. V] [wherein N (particles/μm) is the number density of carbide particles present in a prior austenite grain boundary per unit grain boundary in the stress-relief annealed weld metal, and [insol. V] is the concentration of compound-type V as determined by analyzing an extraction residue of the stress-relief annealed weld metal].

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