Ferritic stainless steel having improved corrosion resistance, and manufacturing method therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2022010451-A1
Application number	US-201917296300-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 1, 2019
Priority date	Nov 29, 2018
Publication date	Jan 13, 2022
Grant date	—

Abstract

Disclosed is a ferritic stainless steel with improved corrosion resistance. The ferritic stainless steel with improved corrosion resistance according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes, in percent (%) by weight of the entire composition, C: 0.02% or less (excluding 0), N: 0.02% or less (excluding 0), Si: 0.5% or less (excluding 0), Mn: 0.3% or less (excluding 0), Cr: 16 to 20%, Ni: 0.4% or less (excluding 0), the remainder of iron (Fe) and other inevitable impurities, and a Cr weight % content of a thickness region from a surface of a passivation film to 3 nm is 1.2 times or more than the Cr weight % content of the stainless base material.

First claim

1 . A ferritic stainless steel with improved corrosion resistance comprising:
a stainless base material comprising, in percent (%) by weight of the entire composition, C: 0.02% or less (excluding 0), N: 0.02% or less (excluding 0), Si: 0.5% or less (excluding 0), Mn: 0.3% or less (excluding 0), Cr: 16 to 20%, Ni: 0.4% or less (excluding 0), the remainder of iron (Fe) and other inevitable impurities; and a passivation film formed on the stainless base material, and wherein the Cr weight % content of the thickness region from the surface of the passivation film to 3 nm is 1.2 times or more than the Cr weight % content of the stainless base material.

2 . The ferritic stainless steel of claim 1 , further comprising:
at least one of Ti: 0.4% or less and Nb: 0.5% or less

3 . The ferritic stainless steel of claim 1 , wherein the ferritic stainless steel has a pitting potential of 330 mV or more.

4 . The ferritic stainless steel of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the passivation film is 3 to 5 nm.

5 . A manufacturing method of a ferritic stainless steel with improved corrosion resistance, the manufacturing method comprising:
manufacturing a stainless steel comprising, in percent (%) by weight of the entire composition, C: 0.02% or less (excluding 0), N: 0.02% or less (excluding 0), Si: 0.5% or less (excluding 0), Mn: 0.3% or less (excluding 0), Cr: 16 to 20%, Ni:

0 . 4% or less (excluding 0), the remainder of iron (Fe) and other inevitable impurities;
forming a chromium-enriched layer on a surface of the stainless steel; and immersing in nitric acid or mixed acid solution comprising nitric acid and hydrofluoric acid.

6 . The manufacturing method of claim 5 , wherein the forming the chromium-enriched layer comprises:
performing electrolytic treatment in sulfuric acid solution having a concentration of 10 to 20%.

7 . The manufacturing method of claim 6 , wherein a current density of the electrolytic treatment is 0.1 to 0.6 A/cm 2 .

8 . The manufacturing method of claim 5 , wherein the forming the chromium-enriched layer comprises:
immersing in hydrochloric acid solution at concentration of 10 to 15% for 20 to 40 seconds.

9 . The manufacturing method of claim 5 , wherein a concentration of the nitric acid solution is 10 to 20%.

10 . The manufacturing method of claim 5 , wherein the mixed acid solution is prepared with nitric acid at concentration of 10 to 20% and hydrofluoric acid at concentration of 5% or less.

11 . The manufacturing method of claim 5 , wherein the Cr weight % content of the thickness region from the surface of the passivation film to 3 nm is 1.2 times or more than the Cr weight % content of the stainless base material.

Assignees

• Posco

Inventors

• Kim Kwang Min
• Oh Kkoch Nim
• Kim Dong-Hoon

Classifications

• C22C38/50

  with titanium or zirconium · CPC title

• C22C38/001

  containing N · CPC title

• C22C38/28

  with titanium or zirconium · CPC title

• C22C38/02

  containing silicon · CPC title

• C22C38/26

  with niobium or tantalum · CPC title