EP3425076B1 - Low-alloy, high-strength seamless steel pipe for oil country tubular goods - Google Patents

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EP3425076B1
EP3425076B1 EP16892416.5A EP16892416A EP3425076B1 EP 3425076 B1 EP3425076 B1 EP 3425076B1 EP 16892416 A EP16892416 A EP 16892416A EP 3425076 B1 EP3425076 B1 EP 3425076B1
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  • the present invention relates to a high strength seamless steel pipe for oil country tubular goods or gas well, which is excellent in sulfide stress corrosion cracking resistance (SSC resistance) especially in a hydrogen sulfide-containing sour environment.
  • SSC resistance sulfide stress corrosion cracking resistance
  • high strength refers to a case of having a strength of 861 MPa or more (125 ksi or more) in terms of yield strength.
  • PTL 1 discloses a steel for oil country tubular goods having excellent sulfide stress corrosion cracking resistance, which is composed of a low alloy steel containing C: 0.2 to 0.35%, Cr: 0.2 to 0.7%, Mo: 0.1 to 0.5%, and V: 0.1 to 0.3% in terms of weight%, and in which the total amount of precipitated carbides and the proportion of an MC type carbide thereamong are prescribed.
  • PTL 2 discloses a steel material for oil country tubular goods having excellent sulfide stress corrosion cracking resistance, which contains C: 0.15 to 0.30%, Si: 0.05 to 1.0%, Mn: 0.10 to 1.0%, P: 0.025% or less, S: 0.005% or less, Cr: 0.1 to 1.5%, Mo: 0.1 to 1.0%, Al: 0.003 to 0.08%, N: 0.008% or less, B: 0.0005 to 0.010%, and Ca + O (oxygen) : 0.008% or less in terms of mass%, and further contains one or more selected from Ti: 0.005 to 0.05%, Nb: 0.05% or less, Zr: 0.05% or less, and V: 0.30% or less, and in which with respect to properties of inclusions in steel, a maximum length of continuous non-metallic inclusions and the number of grains having a diameter of 20 ⁇ m or more are prescribed.
  • PTL 3 discloses a steel for oil country tubular goods having excellent sulfide stress corrosion cracking resistance, which contains C: 0.15 to 0.35%, Si: 0.1 to 1.5%, Mn: 0.1 to 2.5%, P: 0.025% or less, S: 0.004% or less, sol.Al: 0.001 to 0.1%, and Ca: 0.0005 to 0.005% in terms of mass%, and in which a Ca-based non-metallic inclusion composition and a composite oxide of Ca and Al are prescribed, and the hardness of the steel is prescribed by HRC.
  • the sulfide stress corrosion cracking resistance of steel as referred to in the technologies disclosed in these PTLs 1 to 3 means the presence or absence of the generation of SSC when immersing a round bar tensile specimen in a test bath described in NACE (an abbreviation of National Association of Corrosion Engineering) TM0177 for 720 hours while loading a specified stress according to the NACE TM0177 method A.
  • NACE National Association of Corrosion Engineering
  • PTL 4 discloses a low alloy steel for oil country tubular goods pipe with excellent sulfide stress corrosion cracking resistance having a yield strength of 861 MPa or more, which contains, in terms of mass%, C: 0.2 to 0.35%, Si: 0.05 to 0.5%, Mn: 0.05 to 1.0%, P: 0.025% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Al: 0.005 to 0.10%, Cr: 0.1 to 1.0%, Mo: 0.5 to 1.0%, Ti: 0.002 to 0.05%, V: 0.05 to 0.3%, B: 0.0001 to 0.005%, N: 0.01% or less, and O: 0.01% or less, and in which an equation between a half-value width of the [211] crystal face and a hydrogen diffusion coefficient is prescribed to a predetermined value.
  • This patent literature also describes the above-described K ISSC values in the working examples. Further low alloy steels for oil well are disclosed in JP 2014 129594 A , US 2006/016520 A1 and EP 1 785 501
  • the present invention has been made, and an object thereof is to provide a low alloy high strength seamless steel pipe for oil country tubular goods, which has excellent sulfide stress corrosion cracking resistance (SSC resistance) in a high hydrogen sulfide gas saturated environment, specifically a sour environment having a hydrogen sulfide gas partial pressure of 0.02 MPa or less, while having a high strength of 861 MPa or more in terms of yield strength, and specifically, stably shows a high K ISSC value.
  • SSC resistance sulfide stress corrosion cracking resistance
  • the present inventors first collected every three or more DCB specimens having a thickness of 10 mm, a width of 25 mm, and a length of 100 mm from seamless steel pipes having various chemical compositions and micro structures of steel and having a yield strength of 861 MPa or more on the basis of the NACE TM0177 method D and provided for a DCB test.
  • a mixed aqueous solution of (0.5 mass% CH 3 COOH + CH 3 COONa) of 24°C as saturated with a hydrogen sulfide gas of 0.2 atm (0.02 MPa) was used.
  • K ISSC MPa ⁇ m
  • Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a DCB specimen.
  • h is a height of each arm of the DCB specimen
  • B is a thickness of the DCB specimen
  • B n is a web thickness of the DCB specimen.
  • a target of the K ISSC value was set to 26.4 MPa ⁇ m or more (24 ksi ⁇ inch or more) from a supposed maximum notch defect of oil country tubular goods and applied load condition.
  • a graph resulting from sorting the obtained K ISSC values with an average hardness (Rockwell C scale hardness) of the seamless steel pipe provided with a specimen is shown in Fig. 2 . It was noted that though the K ISSC values obtained by the DCB test tend to decrease with an increase of the hardness of the seamless steel pipe, the numerical values are largely scattered even at the same hardness.
  • Fig. 3 shows examples of the stress-strain curve.
  • the stress values at a strain of 0.5 to 0.7% corresponding to the yield stress do not vary, one of them (broken line B) reveals continuous yielding, whereas the other (solid line A) reveals an upper yield point.
  • the scattering in the K ISSC value is large.
  • the present inventors further made extensive and intensive investigations and sorted the dimensions of the scattering in the K ISSC value by a value ( ⁇ 0.7 / ⁇ 0.4 ) as a ratio of a stress ( ⁇ 0.7 ) at a strain of 0.7% to a stress ( ⁇ 0.4 ) at a strain of 0.4% in a stress-strain curve. As a result, it was found that as shown in Fig.
  • the scattering in the K ISSC value can be reduced to approximately half as compared with the case where the ( ⁇ 0.7 / ⁇ 0.4 ) is more than 1.02.
  • the quenching temperature is preferably lower.
  • the rolling finishing temperature of hot rolling for forming a steel pipe is increased, and after finishing of rolling, direct quenching (also referred to as "DQ"; DQ refers to the matter that at the finishing stage of hot rolling, quenching is immediately performed from a state where the steel pipe temperature is still high) is applied.
  • high strength refers to a strength of 861 MPa or more (125 ksi or more) in terms of yield strength. Although an upper limit value of the yield strength is not particularly limited, it is preferably 960 MPa.
  • the low alloy high strength seamless steel pipe for oil country tubular goods of the present invention is excellent in sulfide stress corrosion cracking resistance (SSC resistance).
  • SSC resistance sulfide stress corrosion cracking resistance
  • What the sulfide stress corrosion cracking resistance is excellent refers to the matter that when a DCB test using, as a test bath, a mixed aqueous solution of 0.5 mass% of CH 3 COOH and CH 3 COONa of 24°C as saturated with a hydrogen sulfide gas of 0.2 atm (0.02 MPa), that is a DCB test according to the NACE TM0177 method D, is performed three times, K ISSC obtained according to the above-described equation (2) is stably 26.4 MPa ⁇ m or more in all of the three-times test.
  • a low alloy high strength seamless steel pipe for oil country tubular goods having excellent sulfide stress corrosion cracking resistance (SSC resistance) in a high hydrogen sulfide gas saturated environment, specifically a sour environment having a hydrogen sulfide gas partial pressure of 0.02 MPa or less, while having a high strength of 861 MPa or more in terms of yield strength, and specifically, stably showing a high K ISSC value.
  • SSC resistance stress corrosion cracking resistance
  • the steel pipe of the present invention is a low alloy high strength seamless steel pipe for oil country tubular goods as defined in the claim.
  • C has a function of increasing the strength of steel and is an important element for securing the desired strength.
  • the yield strength is 861 MPa or more
  • it is required to contain C of 0.25% or more.
  • the content of C exceeds 0.31%, a remarkable increase of ( ⁇ 0.7 / ⁇ 0.4 ) as described later is caused, and a scattering in the K ISSC value becomes large. For this reason, the content of C is limited to 0.25 to 0.31%.
  • the content of C is preferably 0.27% or more, and preferably 0.30% or less.
  • Si is an element functioning as a deoxidizer and having a function of increasing the strength of steel upon being solid-solved in steel and suppressing rapid softening during tempering. In order to obtain such an effect, it is required to contain Si of 0.01% or more. On the other hand, when the content of Si exceeds 0.35%, coarse oxide-based inclusions are formed, and a scattering in the K ISSC value becomes large. For this reason, the content of Si is limited to 0.01 to 0.35%, and preferably 0.01 to 0.04%.
  • Mn is an element having a function of increasing the strength of steel through an improvement in quenching hardenability and of preventing grain boundary embrittlement to be caused due to S by bonding to S and fixing S as MnS.
  • it is required to contain Mn of 0.45% or more.
  • Mn is preferably 0.50% or more, and preferably 0 . 65% or less.
  • P shows a tendency to segregate in grain boundaries or the like in a solid-solution state and to cause grain boundary embrittlement cracking or the like, and is thus desirably decreased in amount as far as possible.
  • the content of up to 0.010% is permissible.
  • the content of P is limited to 0.010% or less.
  • S is mostly present as sulfide-based inclusions in steel and deteriorates ductility, toughness, and corrosion resistance, such as sulfide stress corrosion cracking resistance, etc.
  • S is partially present in a solid-solution state; in this case, however, S shows a tendency to segregate in grain boundaries or the like and to cause grain boundary embrittlement cracking or the like.
  • S it is desired to decrease S as far as possible.
  • an excessive decrease in amount rapidly increases smelting costs.
  • the content of S is limited to 0.001% or less at which adverse effects are permissible.
  • O (oxygen) is an inevitable impurity and is present as oxides of Al, Si, and so on in the steel. In particular, when the number of coarse oxides thereof is large, a scattering in the K ISSC value is caused to become large. For this reason, the content of O (oxygen) is limited to 0. 0015% or less at which adverse effects are permissible. The content of O (oxygen) is preferably 0.0010% or less.
  • Al functions as a deoxidizer and contributes to a decrease of solid-solved N by bonding to N to form AlN. In order to obtain such an effect, it is required to contain Al of 0.015% or more. On the other hand, when the content of Al exceeds 0.080%, oxide-based inclusions increase, thereby making a scattering in the K ISSC value large. For this reason, the content of Al is limited to 0.015 to 0.080%.
  • the content of Al is preferably 0.05% or more, and preferably 0.07% or less.
  • Cu is an element having a function of improving the corrosion resistance, and when a minute amount thereof is added, a dense corrosion product is formed, the formation and growth of pits serving as a starting point of SSC are suppressed, and the sulfide stress corrosion cracking resistance is remarkably improved.
  • it is required to contain Cu of 0.02% or more.
  • the content of Cu exceeds 0.09%, the hot workability during a production process of seamless steel pipe is deteriorated. For this reason, the content of Cu is limited to 0.02 to 0.09%.
  • the content of Cu is preferably 0.03% or more, and preferably 0.05% or less.
  • Cr is an element which contributes to an increase in the strength of steel through an improvement in quenching hardenability and improves the corrosion resistance.
  • the M 3 C-based carbide improves resistance of softening by tempering of steel, decreases a change in strength to be caused due to tempering, and contributes to an improvement of the yield strength.
  • it is required to contain Cr of 0.8% or more.
  • the content of Cr is limited to 0.8 to 1.5%.
  • the content of Cr is preferably 0.9% or more, and preferably 1.1% or less.
  • Mo is an element which contributes to an increase in the strength of steel through an improvement in quenching properties and improves the corrosion resistance.
  • the present inventors paid attention especially to a point of forming an M 2 C-based carbide. Then, the present inventors have found that the M 2 C-based carbide to secondarily have precipitated after tempering improves the resistance of softening by tempering of steel, decreases a change in strength to be caused due to tempering, contributes to an improvement of the yield strength, and converts the shape of stress-strain curve of steel from a continuous yielding type to a yielding type.
  • V is an element which forms a carbide or a nitride and contributes to strengthening of steel. In order to obtain such an effect, it is required to contain V of 0.01% or more. On the other hand, when the content of V exceeds 0.06%, a V-based carbide is coarsened and becomes a starting point of the sulfide stress corrosion cracking, thereby rather causing a decrease of the K ISSC value. For this reason, the content of V is limited to 0.01 to 0.06%.
  • the content of V is preferably 0 . 03% or more, and preferably 0.05% or less.
  • Nb is an element which delays recrystallization in an austenite ( ⁇ ) temperature region to contribute to refining of ⁇ grains and significantly functions in refining of a lower substructure (for example, a packet, a block, or a lath) of steel immediately after quenching.
  • a lower substructure for example, a packet, a block, or a lath
  • Nb is required to contain Nb of 0.005% or more.
  • the content of Nb is limited to 0.005 to 0.015%.
  • the packet as referred to herein is defined as a region composed of a group of laths arranged in parallel and having the same habit plane, and the block is composed of a group of parallel laths having the same orientation.
  • the content of Nb is preferably 0.009% or more.
  • B is an element which contributes to an improvement in quenching hardenability at a slight content, and in the present invention, it is required to contain B of 0.0015% or more.
  • the content of B is limited to 0.0015 to 0.0030%.
  • the content of B is preferably 0.0020% to 0.0030%.
  • Ti forms a nitride and decreases excessive N in the steel, thereby making the above-described effect of B effective.
  • Ti is an element which contributes to prevention of coarsening to be caused due to a pinning effect of austenite grains at the time of quenching of steel. In order to obtain such an effect, it is required to contain Ti of 0.005% or more.
  • the content of Ti exceeds 0.020%, the formation of a coarse MC-type nitride (TiN) is accelerated during casting, resulting in rather coarsening of austenite grains during quenching. For this reason, the content of Ti is limited to 0.005 to 0.020%.
  • the content of Ti is preferably 0.008% or more, and preferably 0.015% or less.
  • N is an inevitable impurity in steel and bonds to an element which forms a nitride of Ti, Nb, Al, or the like, to form an MN-type precipitate. Furthermore, excessive N remaining after forming such a nitride also bonds to B to form a BN precipitate. On this occasion, the effect for improving quenching properties due to the addition of B is lost, and therefore, it is preferred that the excessive N is decreased as far as possible.
  • the content of N is limited to 0.005% or less.
  • Ratio of Ti content to N content (Ti/N): 3.0 to 4.0
  • the Ti/N is prescribed. In the case where the Ti/N is lower than 3.0, the excessive N is generated, and BN is formed, so that the solid-solved B during quenching is insufficient.
  • the micro structure at the finishing of quenching becomes a multi-phase structure of martensite and bainite, or martensite and ferrite, and the stress-strain curve after tempering such a multi-phase structure becomes a continuous yielding type, whereby the value of ( ⁇ 0.7 / ⁇ 0.4 ) largely increases.
  • the Ti/N exceeds 4.0, the pinning effect of austenite grains is deteriorated due to coarsening of TiN, and the required fine grain structure is not obtained. For this reason, the Ti/N is limited to 3.0 to 4.0.
  • the balance other than the above-described components is Fe and inevitable impurities.
  • one or more selected from W: 0.1 to 0.2% and Zr: 0.005 to 0.03% may be selected and contained, if desired.
  • Ca of 0.0005 to 0.0030% may be contained, and the number of oxide-based non-metallic inclusions in steel comprising of Ca and Al and having a maximum bulk size of 5 ⁇ m or more, whose composition ratio satisfies a relation: (CaO)/(Al 2 O 3 ) ⁇ 4.0, in terms of mass%, is 20 or less per 100 mm 2 .
  • W forms a carbide to contribute to an increase in strength due to precipitation hardening, and segregates, in a solid solution, in prior-austenite grain boundaries, thereby contributing to an improvement in the sulfide stress corrosion cracking resistance.
  • W it is desired to contain W of 0.1% or more.
  • the content of W exceeds 0.2%, the resistance to sulfide stress corrosion cracking is deteriorated. For this reason, in the case where W is contained, the content of W is limited to 0.1 to 0.2%.
  • Zr forms a nitride and is effective for suppressing the growth of austenite grains during quenching due to a pinning effect.
  • it is desired to contain Zr of 0.005% or more.
  • the content of Zr is limited to 0.005 to 0.03%.
  • Ca is effective for preventing nozzle clogging at the time of continuous casting.
  • it is desired to contain Ca of 0.0005% or more.
  • Ca forms an oxide-based non-metallic inclusion complexed with Al, and in particular, in the case where the content of Ca exceeds 0.0030%, a large number of coarse oxide-based non-metallic inclusions are present, thereby deteriorating the sulfide stress corrosion cracking resistance.
  • a sample for scanning electron microscope (SEM) of a longitudinal orthogonal cross section of the pipe is collected, and with respect to this sample, at least three places of the pipe outer surface, thick-wall center, and inner surface are subjected to SEM observation of inclusions, a chemical composition is analyzed with a characteristic X-ray analyzer annexed to the SEM, and the number of inclusions is calculated from the analysis results. For this reason, in the case where Ca is contained, the content of Ca is limited to 0.0005 to 0.0030% .
  • the number of oxide-based non-metallic inclusions in steel comprising of Ca and Al and having a maximum bulk size of 5 ⁇ m or more, whose composition ratio satisfies, in terms of mass%, the following equation (1), is limited to 20 or less per 100 mm 2 .
  • the content of Ca is preferably 0.0010% or more, and preferably 0.0016% or less.
  • the above-described number of inclusions can be controlled by controlling the charged amount of Al at the time of Al-killed treatment to be performed after finishing of decarburization refining and the addition of Ca in an amount in conformity with the analyzed values of Al, O, and Ca in molten steel before the addition of Ca.
  • a molten steel having the above-described composition is refined by a usually known refining method using a converter, an electric furnace, a vacuum melting furnace, or the like and formed into a steel pipe raw material, such as a billet, etc., by a usual method, such as a continuous casting method, an ingot making-blooming method, etc.
  • the steel pipe raw material is formed into a seamless steel pipe by means of hot forming.
  • the steel pipe raw material is formed in a predetermined thickness by any method of mandrel mill rolling and plug mill rolling, and thereafter, hot rolling is performed until appropriate diameter-reducing rolling.
  • DQ direct quenching
  • the finishing temperature of hot rolling is preferably at 950°C or higher.
  • the finishing temperature of DQ is preferably 200°C or lower.
  • the quenching temperature is preferably set to 930°C or lower.
  • the quenching temperature is preferably set to 860 to 930°C.
  • the tempering temperature is required to be an Ac 1 temperature or lower; however, when it is lower than 600°C, the secondary precipitation amount of Mo or the like cannot be secured. For this reason, it is preferred to set the tempering temperature to at least 600°C or higher.
  • the value ( ⁇ 0.7 / ⁇ 0.4 ), as a ratio of a stress ( ⁇ 0.7 ) at a strain of 0.7% to a stress ( ⁇ 0.4 ) at a strain of 0.4% in the stress-strain curve, is 1.02 or less.
  • the scattering in the K ISSC value is largely different according to the shape of the stress-strain curve of steel.
  • the present inventors made extensive and intensive investigations regarding this point. As a result, it has been found that in the case where the value ( ⁇ 0.7 / ⁇ 0.4 ), as a ratio of a stress ( ⁇ 0.7 ) at a strain of 0.7% to a stress ( ⁇ 0.4 ) at a strain of 0.4% in the stress-strain curve, is 1.02 or less, the scattering in the K ISSC value is reduced to approximately half. For this reason, in the present invention, the ( ⁇ 0.7 / ⁇ 0.4 ) is limited to 1.02 or less.
  • the yield strength, the stress ( ⁇ 0.4 ) at a strain of 0.4%, and the stress ( ⁇ 0.7 ) at a strain of 0.7% can be measured by the tensile test in conformity with JIS Z2241.
  • micro structure of the present invention is not particularly limited, so long as the structure is composed of martensite as a major phase, with the balance being one or more structures of ferrite, residual austenite, perlite, bainite, and the like in an area ratio of 5% or less, the object of the invention of the present application can be achieved.
  • a steel of each of compositions shown in Table 1 was refined by the converter method and then continuously cast to prepare a bloom slab.
  • This bloom slab was formed into a billet having a round cross section by means of hot rolling. Furthermore, this billet was used as a raw material, heated at a billet heating temperature shown in Table 2, and then hot-rolled by Mannesmann piercing - plug mill rolling - diameter-reducing process, and rolling was finished at a rolling finishing temperature shown in Tables 2 and 3, thereby forming a seamless steel pipe.
  • the steel pipe was cooled to room temperature (35°C or lower) by means of direct quenching (DQ) or air cooling (0.2 to 0.5°C/s) and then heat treated under a heat treatment condition of steel pipe shown in Tables 2 and 3 (Q1 temperature: first quenching temperature, T1 temperature: first tempering temperature, Q2 temperature: second quenching temperature, and T2 temperature: second tempering temperature) .
  • a tensile specimen and DCB specimens were each collected from an optional one place in the circumferential direction of an end of the pipe at the stage of finishing of final tempering.
  • the three or more DCB specimens were respectively collected from every steel pipes.
  • the DCB test was carried out in conformity with the NACE TM0177 method D.
  • a mixed aqueous solution of (0.5 mass% CH 3 COOH + CH 3 COONa) of 24°C as saturated with a hydrogen sulfide gas of 0.2 atm (0.02 MPa) was used as a test bath of the DCB test.
  • the DCB specimens into which a wedge had been introduced under a predetermined condition were immersed in this test bath for 336 hours, a length a of a crack generated in the DCB specimens during the immersion and a wedge opening stress P were then measured, and K ISSC (MPa ⁇ m) was calculated according to the following equation (2).
  • K ISSC Pa 2 ⁇ 3 + 2.36 h/a B/Bn 1 ⁇ 3 /Bh 3 / 2
  • h is a height of each arm of the DCB specimen
  • B is a thickness of the DCB specimen
  • B n is a web thickness of the DCB specimen.
  • the yield strength was 861 MPa or more, and so far as the DCB test bath was a mixed aqueous solution of (0.5 mass% CH 3 COOH + CH 3 COONa) of 24°C as saturated with a hydrogen sulfide gas of 0.2 atm (0.02 MPa), all of the K ISSC values obtained in the DCB test of every three specimens satisfied the target 26.4 MPa ⁇ m or more without causing scattering.
  • Comparative Example 8 (steel No. G) in which the C amount of the chemical composition was lower than the lower limit of the scope of the present invention
  • Comparative Example 9 (steel No. H) in which the Mn amount was lower than the lower limit of the scope of the present invention
  • Comparative Example 10 (steel No. I) in which the Cr amount was lower than the lower limit of the scope of the present invention could not achieve the target yield strength of 861 MPa or more.
  • a steel of each of compositions shown in Table 4 was ingoted by the converted method and then continuously cast to prepare a bloom slab.
  • This bloom slab was formed into a billet having a round cross section by means of hot rolling. Furthermore, this billet was used as a raw material, heated at a billet heating temperature shown in Table 5, and then subjected to Mannesmann piercing - plug mill rolling - diameter-reducing rolling while heated, and rolling was finished at a rolling finishing temperature shown in Table 5, thereby forming a seamless steel pipe.
  • the steel pipe was cooled to room temperature (35°C or lower) by means of direct quenching (DQ) or air cooling (0.2 to 0.5°C/s) and then heat treated under a heat treatment condition of steel pipe shown in Table 5 (Q1 temperature: first quenching temperature, T1 temperature: first tempering temperature, Q2 temperature: second quenching temperature, and T2 temperature: second tempering temperature).
  • DQ direct quenching
  • T1 temperature first tempering temperature
  • Q2 temperature second quenching temperature
  • T2 temperature second tempering temperature
  • T2 temperature second tempering temperature
  • the DCB test was carried out in conformity with the NACE TM0177 method D.
  • a mixed aqueous solution of (0.5 mass% CH 3 COOH + CH 3 COONa) of 24°C as saturated with a hydrogen sulfide gas of 0.2 atm (0.02 MPa) was used as a test bath of the DCB test.
  • the DCB specimens into which a wedge had been introduced under a predetermined condition were immersed in this test bath for 336 hours, a length a of a crack generated in the DCB specimen during the immersion and a wedge opening stress P were then measured, and K ISSC (MPa ⁇ m) was calculated according to the foregoing equation (2).
  • the yield strength was 861 MPa or more, such was judged to be accepted.
  • the K ISSC value was 26.4 MPa ⁇ m or more, such was judged to be accepted.
  • the yield strength was 861 MPa or more, and all of the K ISSC values obtained in the DCB test of every three specimens satisfied the target 26.4 MPa ⁇ m or more without causing scattering.
  • Comparative Example 2-5 (steel No. T) in which the upper limit of Ca was more than the upper limit of the scope of the present invention, the K ISSC value was largely scattered, and one of the three specimens in the DCB test did not satisfy the target 26.4 MPa ⁇ m or more.
  • Comparative Example 2-6 (steel No. U), the addition of Ca was performed without taking into consideration the state where the Ca amount in the molten steel before the addition of Ca was high due to Ca as an impurity contained in the alloyed iron of other elements added at the time of secondary refining.
  • the Ca amount fell within the scope of the present invention, the number of oxide-based non-metallic inclusions in steel comprising of Ca and Al and having a major diameter of 5 ⁇ m or more and satisfying the equation (1) was more than the upper limit of the scope of the present invention, the K ISSC value was largely scattered, and one of the three specimens in the DCB test did not satisfy the target 26.4 MPa ⁇ m or more.

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