PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CHROMIUM-CONTAINING STAINLESS STEEL STRIP WITH EXCELLENT TOUGHNESS.

摘要

A process for producing a steel strip having an excellent cast metal toughness from a thin cast chromium-containing stainless steel containing at least 0.05 % in total of niobium, titanium and aluminum, which process comprises casting a stainless steel containing 13-25 % of chromium and at least 0.05 % in total of one or more elements of niobium, titanium, aluminum and vanadium and having a gamma p value as will be defined below of 0 % or less into a thin metal with a thickness of 10 mm or less, hot-rolling immediately thereafter the thin metal in a temperature range of 1,150-950 DEG C at a draft of 5 % or above, conducting either slow cooling at a cooling rate of 20 DEG C/s or heat retention for at least 5 seconds in a temperature range of 1,150-950 DEG C, and winding up the resultant strip below 700 DEG C. gamma p(%) = 420C + 470N + 23Ni + 9Cu + 7Mn - 11.5Cr - 11,5Si - 12Mo - 23V - 47Nb - 49Ti - 52Al + 189 (element content in wt.%). <IMAGE>