The invention relates to novel high-
hardenability mine chain steel. The novel high-
hardenability mine chain steel comprises the following chemical components in percentage by
mass: 0.22 to 0.26 percent of C, 0.22 to 0.30 percent of Si, 1.52 to 1.60 percent of Mn, less than or equal to 0.011 percent of P, 0.008 to 0.025 percent of S, 0.47 to 0.53 percent of Ni, 1.21 to 1.31 percent of Cr, 0.40 to 0.48 percent of Mo and the balance of Fe and inevitable
impurity elements. The whole technological process comprises the steps of burdening, KR molten iron pretreatment, converter or electric furnace
smelting, LF refining (
sulfide denaturation treatment), degassing,
continuous casting, warm conveying to a
heating furnace, heating, high-pressure water descaling, PSM rolling,
slow cooling, annealing treatment and straightening. The
diameter of the prepared chain steel ranges from 18 mm to 130 mm, the material Di value is controlled within the range of 250 mm to 280 mm, the
martensite content of a core area after overall
quenching reaches 90% or above, the core-surface
hardness difference after
quenching is controlled within 3 HRC, and the chain steel achieves
high dimensional precision, high
hardenability and high abrasion resistance at the same time; and various performance indexes of the chain are fully guaranteed, meanwhile, the
smelting cost is low, and the market competitiveness of the product is greatly improved.