Patent ID: 10450625

Abstract:
Provided is a ferritic stainless steel that has excellent corrosion resistance and displays good brazing properties when brazing is carried out at high temperature using a Ni-containing brazing metal. These effects are obtained as a result of the steel having a chemical composition containing, in mass %: 0.003%-0.020% of C; 0.05%-1.00% of Si; 0.10%-0.50% of Mn, 0.04% or less of P; 0.01% or less of S; 16.0%-25.0% of Cr; 0.05%-0.60% of Ni; 0.25%-0.45% of Nb; 0.005%-0.15% of Al; 0.005%-0.030% of N; and at least one selected from 0.50%-2.50% of Mo and 0.05%-0.80% of Cu, the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, and as a result of a nitrogen-enriched layer being created that has a nitrogen concentration peak value of 0.03 to 0.30 mass % at a depth of within 0.05 μm of a surface of the steel.