High-strength spring steel wire with excellent hydrogen embrittlement resistance, manufacturing process therefor, and high-strength spring

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PATENT NO 9970072
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14439864

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A high-strength spring steel wire is provided which secures excellent hydrogen embrittlement resistance even when the adding amount of alloy elements is suppressed, and has 80 area % or more of tempered martensite and 1,900 MPa or more of the tensile strength, in which a predetermined chemical composition is satisfied, with C and Si satisfying the relation of the expression (1) below, with prior austenite grain size number being No. 10 or more, and with the hydrogen absorption amount being 14.0 ppm or more.

description='In-line Formulae' end='lead'0.73%≤[C]+[Si]/8≤0.90%  (1)description='In-line Formulae' end='tail'

where [C] and [Si] express the content (mass %) of C and Si respectively.

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KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL LTD )2-4 WAKINOHAMA-KAIGANDORI 2-CHOME CHUO-KU KOBE-SHI HYOGO 6518585 ?6518585

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Takeda, Atsuhiko Kobe, JP 4 5
Yoshihara, Nao Kobe, JP 26 161

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