HIGH HARDNESS NON-MAGNETIC STAINLESS STEEL AND HIGH HARDNESS NON-MAGNETIC STAINLESS STEEL WIRE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an austenitic stainless steel wire having high hardness and nonmagnetism and excellent in machinability and corrosion resistance. ;SOLUTION: This steel wire has a composition which consists of, by weight, ≤0.15% C, ≤1.00% Si, ≤2.00% Mn, ≤0.20% P, 0.15-0.20% S, 8.0-10.0% Ni, 17.0-19.0% Cr, 0.03-0.13 Nb, 0.001-0.004% B, 0.10-0.30% N, and the balance Fe with impurities and in which Nb(%)×N(%) is controlled to ≤0.013.;COPYRIGHT: (C)1997,JPO