Development of High-chromium Ferritic Heat-resistant Steels with High-nitrogen Addition

New ferritic heat resistant steels with high nitrogen content were developed and these microstructure and the mechanical properties at high temperature were evaluated. 0.3 mass% N could be added into ferritic steels without blow holes by applying pressurized melting methods with pressurized atmosphere up to 4.0 MPa. The high nitrogen ferritic heat resistant steels contained several kind of nitrides within the lath martensitic structure. V-rich...