Provided is an electric-resistance-welded steel
pipe for a boiler, having excellent
stress corrosion cracking resistance, and in which ferrite
grain boundary strength of a weld part is increased, andcracking in the weld part is suppressed. The component composition of the present invention includes, in terms of
mass%, 0.05-0.35% C, 0.10-0.35% Si, 0.25-1.50% Mn, 0.035% or less of S, 0.035% or lessof P, 0.005-0.050% Al, 0.010% or less of N, and 0.010% or less of O, and furthermore includes, optionally and selectively, at least one of 1.00% or less of Cr, 1.00% or less of Mo, 2.00% or less of Ni, 2.00% or less of Cu, 0.0030% or less of B, 0.20% or less of Nb, 0.20% or less of V, 0.20% or less of Ti, 0.0050% or less of Ca, and 0.0050% or less of Mg, the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities, the difference between the
hardness at an outermost layer of a base material part and the
hardness at a position at a depth of 1 / 2 the thickness of the base material part being 20 Hv or less,and the difference between the
hardness of a
welding abutment part to an extent 1 mm from an outer surface and the hardness of the base material part to an extent 1 mm from the outer surface being 20Hv or less.