PEARLITE RAIL HAVING SUPERIOR ABRASION RESISTANCE AND EXCELLENT TOUGHNESS

摘要

This pearlite rail consists of a steel including: in terms of percent by mass, C: 0.65 to 1.20%; Si: 0.05 to 2.00%; Mn: 0.05 to 2.00%; P‰¤ 0.0150%; S‰¤ 0.0100%; Ca: 0.0005 to 0.0200%, and Fe and inevitable impurities as the balance, wherein a head surface portion which ranges from surfaces of head corner portions and a head top portion to a depth of 10 mm has a pearlite structure, a hardness Hv of the pearlite structure is in a range of 320 to 500, and Mn sulfide-based inclusions having major lengths in a range of 10 to 100 µm are present at an amount per unit area in a range of 10 to 200/mm 2 in a cross-section taken along a lengthwise direction in the pearlite structure.