Nickel-saving Type High Nitrogen Austenitic Stainless Steel

Resource-Saving -Type High-Nitrogen Austenitic Stainless Steel.- Production of High Nitrogen Steel (HNS).- Production of High Nitrogen Steel  by Pressurized ESR Method.- Mechanical Properties of High Nitrogen Steel.- Corrosion Properties of HNS.- Weldability of HNS.- Application of HNS to PEFC Bipolar Plate.

Dr. Yasuyuki KATADA received his PhD from Osaka University in 1980. After working as a research associate at Osaka University during 1979-1981, he moved to NRIM (National Research Institute for Metals) of the Science and Technology Agency. NRIM was reorganized as National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) in 2001. During his 30-year research life in NIMS, he engaged in nuclear safety research, development of corrosion resistant metallic materials in the Ultra Steel Project and the development of biomaterials. He has reported 67 articles and has published several books including metallic biomaterials so far. He won the Academic Contribution Award "The Mishima Prize" from the Iron and Steel Institute of Japan in 2003, and the New Technology Award from Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2010. He retired from NIMS in 2010. He was appointed as an honorary researcher of NIMS in 2018. 
 Mr. Kazuo HIROSE joined Kobe Steel Ltd. in 1956 and engaged mainlyin material design and manufacturing large-sized components such as precipitation hardening type heat resistant stainless steel and large rotor materials by VOD-ESR. In the meanwhile, as an expert on the design and manufacture of large steel ingots by ESR method, he has reported his research results at several international conferences such as the International Conference on Vacuum Metallurgy (Tokyo, Japan, 1982), International Forging Conference (Sheffield, England, 1985), Forgemaster Meeting (Terni, Italy , 1991). In 1997, he retired from Kobe Steel Ltd. and moved to Kobelco Research Institute Inc., which is a comprehensive testing and research institute under Kobe Steel Ltd.. The Ultra Steel Project started at NIMS in 1997, and in the project a pressurized ESR furnace was planned to be developed for the first time in Japan. Mr. HIROSE played an important role as a cooperative researcher of the project, and he made a great contribution to the establishment of high-nitrogen stainlesssteel manufacturing