Ferritic stainless steel sheet having excellent brazability, heat exchanger, ferritic stainless steel sheet for heat exchangers, ferritic stainless steel, ferritic stainless steel for members of fuel supply systems, and member of fuel supply system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10131977-B2
Application number	US-201414770680-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 24, 2014
Priority date	Mar 29, 2013
Publication date	Nov 20, 2018
Grant date	Nov 20, 2018

Abstract

One aspect of this ferritic stainless steel sheet contains, by mass %, C: 0.03% or less, N: 0.05% or less, Si: 1% or less, Mn: 1.2% or less, Cr: 14% or more and 28% or less, Nb: 8(C +N) or more and 0.8% or less, and Al: 0.1% or less, with a balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, in which a film satisfying Expression 1 is formed in a surface thereof. Expression 1 is d f ×Cr f +5(Si f +3Al f )≤2.0. In Expression 1, d f represents a thickness (nm) of the film, Cr f represents a Cr cationic fraction in the film, Si f represents a Si cationic fraction in the film, and Al f represents an Al cationic fraction in the film.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A ferritic stainless steel sheet comprising, by mass %:
C: 0.03% or less;
N: 0.002% or more and 0.05% or less;
Si: more than 0.1% and 1% or less;
Mn: 1.2% or less;
Cr: 14% or more and 28% or less;
Nb: 8(C+N) or more and 0.8% or less; and
Al: 0.002% or more and 0.1% or less,
with a balance being Fe and inevitable impurities,
wherein a film satisfying Expression 1 is formed in a surface thereof,
d f ×Cr f +5(Si f +3Al f )≤2.0  (Expression 1)

in Expression 1, d f represents a thickness of the film in terms of nm, Cr f represents a Cr cationic fraction in the film, Si f represents a Si cationic fraction in the film, and Al f represents an Al cationic fraction in the film,
wherein the ferritic stainless steel sheet has a brazing filler spreading coefficient of 2 or more.

2. The ferritic stainless steel sheet according to claim 1 , further comprising, by mass %:
one or more selected from Ni: 5% or less, Cu: 1.5% or less, and Mo: 3% or less.

3. The ferritic stainless steel sheet according to claim 1 , further comprising, by mass %:
one or more selected from V: 0.5% or less, W: 1% or less, B: 0.005% or less, Sn: 0.5% or less, Co: 0.2% or less, Mg: 0.002% or less, Ca: 0.002% or less, REM: 0.01% or less, Sb: 0.5% or less, Ta: 0.5% or less, and Ga: 0.01% or less.

4. A heat exchanger comprising:
a heat exchange section including a joined member by brazing,
wherein the member is composed of the ferritic stainless steel sheet according to claim 1 .

5. A heat exchanger, comprising,
the ferritic stainless steel sheet according to claim 1 .

6. A heat exchanger, comprising,
the ferritic stainless steel sheet according to claim 2 .

7. A heat exchanger, comprising,
the ferritic stainless steel sheet according to claim 3 .

8. A ferritic stainless steel comprising, by mass %:
C: 0.03% or less;
N: 0.002% or more and 0.05% or less;
Si: more than 0.1% and 1% or less;
Mn: 1.2% or less;
Cr: 15% or more and 23% or less;
Nb: 8(C+N)+0.1% or more and 0.8% or less; and
Al: 0.002% or more and 0.1% or less,
with a balance being Fe and inevitable impurities,
wherein a film satisfying Expressions 2 and 3 is formed in a surface thereof,
d f ×Cr f +5(Si f +3Al f )≤2.0  (Expression 2)

0.18≤Cr f ≤0.5  (Expression 3)

in Expression 2, d f represents a thickness of the film in terms of nm, Si f represents a Si cationic fraction in the film, and Al f represents an Al cationic fraction in the film, and in Expressions 2 and 3, Cr f represents a Cr cationic fraction in the film,
wherein the ferritic stainless steel has a brazing filler spreading coefficient of 2 or more.

9. The ferritic stainless steel according to claim 8 , further comprising, by mass %:
one or more selected from Ni: 2% or less, Cu: 1.5% or less, and Mo: 3% or less.

10. The ferritic stainless steel according to claim 8 , further comprising, by mass %:
one or more selected from V: 0.5% or less, W: 1% or less, B: 0.005% or less, Sn: 0.5% or less, Co: 0.2% or less, Mg: 0.002% or less, Ca: 0.002% or less, REM: 0.01% or less, Sb: 0.5% or less, Ta: 0.5% or less, and Ga: 0.01% or less.

11. A fuel supply system part comprising:
a joined member by brazing,
wherein the member is composed of the ferritic stainless steel according to claim 8 .

12. A fuel supply system part, comprising,
the ferritic stainless steel sheet according to claim 8 .

13. A fuel supply system part, comprising,
the ferritic stainless steel sheet according to claim 9 .

14. A fuel supply system part, comprising,
the ferritic stainless steel sheet according to claim 10 .

15. The ferritic stainless steel sheet according to claim 2 , further comprising, by mass %:
one or more selected from V: 0.5% or less, W: 1% or less, B: 0.005% or less, Sn: 0.5% or less, Co: 0.2% or less, Mg: 0.002% or less, Ca: 0.002% or less, REM: 0.01% or less, Sb: 0.5% or less, Ta: 0.5% or less, and Ga: 0.01% or less.

16. A heat exchanger comprising:
a heat exchange section including a joined member by brazing,
wherein the member is composed of the ferritic stainless steel sheet according to claim 2 .

17. A heat exchanger comprising:
a heat exchange section including a joined member by brazing,
wherein the member is composed of the ferritic stainless steel sheet according to claim 3 .

18. A heat exchanger comprising:
a heat exchange section including a joined member by brazing,
wherein the member is composed of the ferritic stainless steel sheet according to claim 15 .

19. A heat exchanger, comprising,
the ferritic stainless steel sheet according to claim 15 .

20. The ferritic stainless steel according to claim 9 , further comprising, by mass %:
one or more selected from V: 0.5% or less, W: 1% or less, B: 0.005% or less, Sn: 0.5% or less, Co: 0.2% or less, Mg: 0.002% or less, Ca: 0.002% or less, REM: 0.01% or less, Sb: 0.5% or less, Ta: 0.5% or less, and Ga: 0.01% or less.

Assignees

• Nippon Steel & Sumikin Sst

Inventors

• Hiraide Nobuhiko
• Matsuhashi Tooru
• Morihiro Noriyo
• Ono Naoto

Classifications

• C22C38/02

  containing silicon · CPC title

• C22C38/005

  containing rare earths, i.e. Sc, Y, Lanthanides · CPC title

• C22C38/22

  with molybdenum or tungsten · CPC title

• C22C38/001

  containing N · CPC title

• C23G1/00

  Cleaning or pickling metallic material with solutions or molten salts (with organic solvents C23G5/02) · CPC title