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Martensitic stainless steel seamless pipe and method for producing martensitic stainless steel seamless pipe

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Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPPriority: Nov 9, 2021Filed: Oct 31, 2022Published: Dec 19, 2024
Est. expiryNov 9, 2041(~15.3 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
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Abstract

A martensitic stainless steel seamless pipe according to the present disclosure has a chemical composition and the microstructure described in the description, and a yield strength of 862 MPa or more. An observation field of view region which is 1.0 μm long in each of L direction and T direction and which includes an inner surface is composed of an inner surface vicinity region, an interior region that is below contact with the inner surface vicinity region, and a hollow region. An inner surface Cu occupancy OS cu which is defined as the numerical proportion of sections in which a Cu concentration is more than 2.0% in the inner surface vicinity region, and an interior Cu occupancy OI cu which is defined as the numerical proportion of sections in which the Cu concentration is more than 2.0% in the interior region satisfy Formula (2). OS Cu / OI Cu ≥ 1.2 ( 2 )

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1 . A martensitic stainless steel seamless pipe consisting of, in mass %,
 C: 0.030% or less,   Si: 1.00% or less,   Mn: 1.00% or less,   P: 0.030% or less,   S: 0.0050% or less,   Cr: 11.00 to 14.00%,   Ni: 5.00 to 7.50%,   Mo: 1.50 to 4.50%,   Cu: 0.50 to 3.50%,   Co: 0.010 to 0.500%,   Ti: 0.050 to 0.300%,   V: 0.01 to 1.00%,   Ca: 0.0005 to 0.0050%,   Al: 0.001 to 0.100%,   N: 0.0010 to 0.0500%,   O: 0.050% or less,   W: 0 to 2.00%,   Nb: 0 to 0.50%,   Mg: 0 to 0.0050%,   rare earth metal: 0 to 0.0050%, and   B: 0 to 0.0050%,   with the balance being Fe and impurities,   and satisfying Formula (1),   wherein:   a microstructure is composed of, in volume percent, retained austenite in an amount of 0 to 15.0% and ferrite in an amount of 0 to 5.0%, with the balance being tempered martensite;   a yield strength is 862 MPa or more;   when a pipe axis direction of the martensitic stainless steel seamless pipe is defined as an L direction, and a pipe radius direction of the martensitic stainless steel seamless pipe is defined as a T direction,   with respect to a square observation field of view region that includes an inner surface of the martensitic stainless steel seamless pipe that extends in the L direction, and whose sides that extend in the L direction are 1.0 μm in length and whose sides that extend in the T direction are 1.0 μm in length,   when the observation field of view region is divided into 65,536 sections by being divided equally into 256 sections in the L direction and divided equally into 256 sections in the T direction,   the observation field of view region is composed of:   an inner surface vicinity region which is a rectangular region that has the inner surface of the martensitic stainless steel seamless pipe as a top edge and includes 256 sections in the L direction and six sections in the T direction,   an interior region which is below contact with the inner surface vicinity region, and   a hollow region which is above contact with the inner surface vicinity region; and   when, among all the sections in the inner surface vicinity region, a numerical proportion of sections in which a Cu concentration is more than 2.0% is defined as inner surface Cu occupancy OS Cu , and   among all the sections in the interior region, a numerical proportion of sections in which a Cu concentration is more than 2.0% is defined as interior Cu occupancy OI Cu ,   the inner surface Cu occupancy OS Cu  and the interior Cu occupancy OI Cu  satisfy Formula (2);   
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     
                       Mo 
                       + 
                       
                         0.5 
                         × 
                         W 
                       
                     
                     ≥ 
                     
                       2 
                       .50 
                     
                   
                 
                 
                   
                     ( 
                     1 
                     ) 
                   
                 
               
             
           
         
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     
                       
                         OS 
                         Cu 
                       
                       / 
                       
                         OI 
                         Cu 
                       
                     
                     ≥ 
                     1.2 
                   
                 
                 
                   
                     ( 
                     2 
                     ) 
                   
                 
               
             
           
         
         where, a content of a corresponding element in mass % is substituted for each symbol of an element in Formula (1). 
       
     
     
         2 . The martensitic stainless steel seamless pipe according to  claim 1 , containing one or more elements selected from a group consisting of:
 W: 0.01 to 2.00%,   Nb: 0.01 to 0.50%,   Mg: 0.0001 to 0.0050%,   rare earth metal: 0.0001 to 0.0050%, and   B: 0.0001 to 0.0050%.   
     
     
         3 . A method for producing the martensitic stainless steel seamless pipe according to  claim 1 , including:
 a starting material preparation process of preparing a starting material which consists of, in mass %,   C: 0.030% or less,   Si: 1.00% or less,   Mn: 1.00% or less,   P: 0.030% or less,   S: 0.0050% or less,   Cr: 11.00 to 14.00%,   Ni: 5.00 to 7.50%,   Mo: 1.50 to 4.50%,   Cu: 0.50 to 3.50%,   Co: 0.010 to 0.500%,   Ti: 0.050 to 0.300%,   V: 0.01 to 1.00%,   Ca: 0.0005 to 0.0050%,   Al: 0.001 to 0.100%,   N: 0.0010 to 0.0500%,   O: 0.050% or less,   W: 0 to 2.00%,   Nb: 0 to 0.50%,   Mg: 0 to 0.0050%,   rare earth metal: 0 to 0.0050%, and   B: 0 to 0.0050%,   with the balance being Fe and impurities,   and which satisfies Formula (1);   a hot working process of heating, in a heating furnace, the starting material that is prepared, and thereafter performing hot working in which an area reduction ratio R defined by Formula (A) is 40% or more and a hot working time is 15minutes or less to produce a hollow shell;   a quenching process of subjecting the hollow shell that is at a temperature not less than an A 3  point to quenching; and   a tempering process of performing tempering of the hollow shell subjected to the quenching, under conditions that satisfy Formula (B);   
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     
                       Mo 
                       + 
                       
                         0.5 
                         × 
                         W 
                       
                     
                     ≥ 
                     
                       2 
                       .50 
                     
                   
                 
                 
                   
                     ( 
                     1 
                     ) 
                   
                 
               
             
           
         
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     R 
                     = 
                     
                       
                         { 
                         
                           
                             1 
                             - 
                             cross 
                           
                           ⁢ 
                           ‐ 
                           ⁢ 
                           
                             sectional 
                             ⁢ 
                                 
                             area 
                             ⁢ 
                                 
                             perpendicular 
                             ⁢ 
                                 
                             to 
                             ⁢ 
                                 
                             pipe 
                             ⁢ 
                                 
                             axis 
                             ⁢ 
                                 
                             direction 
                             ⁢ 
                                 
                             of 
                             ⁢ 
                                 
                             the 
                             ⁢ 
                                 
                             hollow 
                             ⁢ 
                                 
                             shell 
                             ⁢ 
                                 
                             after 
                             ⁢ 
                                 
                             hot 
                             ⁢ 
                                 
                             working 
                               
                             / 
                             cross 
                           
                           ⁢ 
                           ‐ 
                           ⁢ 
                           
                             sectional 
                             ⁢ 
                                 
                             area 
                             ⁢ 
                                 
                             perpendicular 
                             ⁢ 
                                 
                             to 
                             ⁢ 
                                 
                             axial 
                             ⁢ 
                                 
                             direction 
                             ⁢ 
                                 
                             of 
                             ⁢ 
                                 
                             the 
                             ⁢ 
                                 
                             starting 
                             ⁢ 
                                 
                             material 
                             ⁢ 
                                 
                             before 
                             ⁢ 
                                 
                             hot 
                             ⁢ 
                                 
                             working 
                           
                         
                         } 
                       
                       × 
                       100 
                     
                   
                 
                 
                   
                     ( 
                     A 
                     ) 
                   
                 
               
             
           
         
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     
                       
                         ( 
                         
                           T 
                           + 
                           273.15 
                         
                         ) 
                       
                       × 
                       
                         ( 
                         
                           20 
                           + 
                           
                             
                               log 
                               10 
                             
                             ( 
                             
                               t 
                               / 
                               60 
                             
                             ) 
                           
                         
                         ) 
                       
                       × 
                       
                         ( 
                         
                           1 
                           - 
                           
                             
                               [ 
                               Cu 
                               ] 
                             
                             / 
                             100 
                           
                         
                         ) 
                       
                     
                     ≤ 
                     17200 
                   
                 
                 
                   
                     ( 
                     B 
                     ) 
                   
                 
               
             
           
         
         where, a content of a corresponding element in mass % is substituted for each symbol of an element in Formula (1), and 
         in Formula (B), a tempering temperature in ° C. is substituted for T, a tempering time in minutes is substituted for t, and a content of Cu in the hollow shell in mass % is substituted for [Cu]. 
       
     
     
         4 . The method for producing a martensitic stainless steel seamless pipe according to  claim 3 , wherein the starting material contains one or more elements selected from a group consisting of:
 W: 0.01 to 2.00%,   Nb: 0.01 to 0.50%,   Mg: 0.0001 to 0.0050%,   rare earth metal: 0.0001 to 0.0050%, and   B: 0.0001 to 0.0050%.

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