摘要 |
The present invention provides a ferritic stainless steel comprised of, by mass %, C: 0.001 to 0.02%, Si: 0.01 to 0.6%, Mn: 0.01 to 0.6%, P: 0.005 to 0.04%, S: 0.0001 to 0.01%, Cr: 13 to 22%, N: 0.001 to 0.02%, Al: 0.005 to 0.05%, Sn: 0.001 to 1%, and a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, which steel satisfies the following formulae: 0<I(Fe)/I(Cr)<5 and 0<I(O)/I(Sn)<3, where I(Fe), I(Cr), I(Sn), and I(O) are the X-ray intensities of the Fe oxides, Cr oxides, Sn oxides, and the sum of X-ray intensities other detected oxides at the steel surface measured by an X-ray photoelectron spectrometer. The present invention also provides a method of producing the ferritic stainless steel. |